Isaiah 59:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.”
כַּף
Palm of the hand. Kaph. Engraved on the palms of My hands. Before there was a cross this image pointed to it. Jesus carries the marks of our salvation in His hands.
שָׂפָה
lips/ your
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שָׂפָה
Lip, edge, shore. Saphah. My lips shall praise You. The lips are the instrument of praise. What comes out of your mouth reveals the condition of your heart.
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הָגָה
it mutters
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הָגָה
Meditate, mutter — hagah; to mutter quietly to yourself; biblical meditation is speaking God's word until it goes deep into your heart
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לָשׁוֹן
tongue/ your
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לָשׁוֹן
Tongue, language. Lashon. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. What you say shapes your world. Speak life not death.
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דָבַר
they have spoken
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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שֶׁקֶר
falsehood
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שֶׁקֶר
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
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גָּאַל
they are defiled
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גָּאַל
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
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עֶוֶל
injustice
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עֶוֶל
(moral) evil
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