Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

² Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

³ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

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
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
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Hosea 8:1
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
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Acts 20:26–27
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
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Ezekiel 3:17–21
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
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Acts 7:51–52
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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Matthew 3:7–9
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Ezekiel 3:5–9
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
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Isaiah 40:9–10
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
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