Isaiah 59:2

It is we who have to change. Then God will act on our behalf.

Evil behaviour

v3 Blood stains your hands. The marks of crimes are on your fingers. You speak lies with your lips. You plot wicked schemes with your tongue. v4 Nobody wants to be fair and true. Lies are the false base of what you say in court. You spend your time in order to plot your evil deeds. And then you carry them out. Everybody uses empty words (words without any value) that are not true. And after such words, there are troubles and evil deeds. v5-6 The behaviour of you people in Israel is like a poisonous snake. And such a snake produces even more poisonous snakes from its eggs. If anybody eats those eggs, he will die. And when an egg is broken, another snake appears. Your plots are like a insect’s web (net). That web might seem solid. But it has no value. You cannot use it to make clothes; it would just fall apart. Your plots are as weak as that web. That is, your wicked behaviour benefits nobody. You do not even benefit yourselves. v7 The result of such evil deeds is more evil deeds. Even murder is the result of these evil deeds. Your wicked plots produce awful results. Everywhere you go, you people leave only pain and despair behind you. v8 You have no idea what it means to live at peace with each other. And those who copy your behaviour never know a quiet and happy life.