Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Bible References

Your iniquities

Isaiah 50:1
This is what the Lord says:

Where is your mother’s divorce certificate
that I used to send her away?
Or who were My creditors that I sold you to?
Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
and your mother was put away
because of your transgressions.
Deuteronomy 32:19
When the Lord saw this, He despised them,
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned. They have violated My covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put the things with their own belongings.
Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked,
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:25
Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you.
Your sins have withheld My bounty from you,

Hid

Isaiah 57:17
Because of his sinful greed I was angry,
so I struck him; I was angry and hid;
but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.
Deuteronomy 31:17
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’
Deuteronomy 32:20
He said: “I will hide My face from them;
I will see what will become of them,
for they are a perverse generation—
unfaithful children.
Ezekiel 39:23
And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile on account of their iniquity, because they dealt unfaithfully with Me. Therefore, I hid My face from them and handed them over to their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

General references

Psalm 18:41
They cry for help, but there is no one to save them
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.
Isaiah 42:24
Who gave Jacob to the robber,
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.
Jeremiah 5:25
Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you.
Your sins have withheld My bounty from you,
Mark 6:5
So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

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