 behold, the Lord's hand is not short, that it cannot save, nor is his ear so dull that it cannot hear. But your iniquities, that is your sins, have made a separation between you and your God. So what he's saying is simply this, that sin separates us. We're talking about our condition before we trust that Christ is our Savior. And if you look in the fifth chapter of Romans, here's what you'll find. The Bible says that