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Isaiah 59:12

Isaiah 59:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

our transgressions: Isaiah 1:4; Ezra 9:6; Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 5:3-9, Jeremiah 5:25-29, Jeremiah 7:8-10; Ezekiel 5:6, Ezekiel 7:23, Ezekiel 8:8-16; Ezekiel 16:51-52, Ezekiel 22:2-12, Ezekiel 22:24-30, Ezekiel 23:2-49, Ezekiel 24:6-14; Hosea 4:2; Matthew 23:32-33; 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

our sins: Jeremiah 14:7; Hosea 5:5, Hosea 7:10; Romans 3:19-20

we know: Ezra 9:13; Nehemiah 9:33; Daniel 9:5-8

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