1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have divided between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear.

Iniquities. The history of Susanna shews that the captives were not all free from sin, which alone prevented their liberation, Lamentations 3:44. (Calmet) [Daniel xiii.] --- God is willing and able to save. He punishes for sin, to cause us to repent, ver. 20. (Worthington)