Listen to the words of Isaiah: "All of us growl like bears, and moan sadly like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none. For salvation, but it is far from us! for our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities. Transgressing and denying the Lord, and turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. ... Uprightness cannot enter. Yes, truth is lacking" (Isa. 59:13-15). |