Defilements Part 2

Verse one begins with a glimmer of hope:
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear." (Isaiah 59:1, NASB95)
The hope presented here is that of salvation. We see that God has the ability and we can infer that He has the desire to do so. In verse two we see that He will not do so.
"But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear." (Isaiah 59:2, NASB95)
Notice that the readers here are addressed by the word “you”, later on the “you” becomes “they” indicating a shift from the personal to the collective. So let us first consider the personal aspect of this.
Verse three tells us that: "For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness." (Isaiah 59:3, NASB95) We have a pairing here of hands and fingers then lips and tongue. This signifies that they were whole heartedly committed to their wickedness.
In verse four we read “No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly.” Another way of rendering this is “no one calls right, right and no one judges (or rules) honestly”. This is calling right wrong and wrong right and leads to a loss of the ability to discern right from wrong. It is also the loss of ethical government.
Verse four continues with “They trust in confusion and speak lies”. The word for trust is the Hebrew word ָבַּטח bāṭah (H 982): A verb indicating to trust, to be confident. It expresses the feeling of safety and security that is felt when one can rely on someone or something else.[1] The word for confusion is ֹתּהוּ tōhû (H 8414): A masculine noun meaning formlessness, confusion.[2] It is the same word used to describe the earth before God began his restorative acts of creation in Genesis 1:2. One thing that needs to be noted here is that because of the trust in confusion they may not even realize that they are speaking lies. To them what they are saying is solid truth. But this truth is based upon a willful rejection of Gods truth. "Professing to be wise, they became fools," (Romans 1:22, NASB95)

[1] The Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament.
[2] The Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament.