Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

² For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

³ “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
KJV: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
WEB: “Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
ASV: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
DARBY: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
BLB: “Call out from the throat, do not hold back! Like a shofar lift up your voice, and declare to My people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

ÅB: Rop av strupen, spar ikke! Oppløft din røst som en basun og forkynn mitt folk dets overtredelse og Jakobs hus dets synder!
OTB: «Rop høyt, hold ikke tilbake; løft din røst som en trompet, og forkynn for mitt folk deres opprør, og for Jakobs hus deres synder.
B1930: Rop av strupen, spar ikke! Opløft din røst som en basun og forkynn mitt folk dets overtredelse og Jakobs hus dets synder!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Titus 2:15
Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
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Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
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Acts 20:26–27
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
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Ezekiel 3:17–21
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
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Acts 7:51–52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
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Matthew 3:7–9
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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Ezekiel 3:5–9
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—
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Isaiah 40:9–10
Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
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