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Isaiah 58:2

IntegrityFasting

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.

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.

4 You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
ASV
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 righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
DARBY
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:
BLB
And day by day they seek Me, and they delight to know My ways, like a nation that does righteousness, and the justice of their God they do not forsake! They ask me for judgments of righteousness; in the nearness of God they delight:
ÅB
Meg spør de dag for dag, og å få vite mine veier krever de; slik som de var et folk som har gjort rettferdighet og ikke forlatt sin Guds lov, krever de av meg rettferdige dommer; de vil at Gud skal komme nær til dem.
OTB
Dag etter dag søker de meg og gleder seg over å lære mine veier, som om de var et folk som praktiserer rettferdighet og ikke har forlatt sin Guds lov. De ber meg om rettferdige avgjørelser og gleder seg over Guds nærhet.
B1930
Mig spør de dag for dag, og å få vite mine veier krever de; likesom de var et folk som har gjort rettferdighet og ikke forlatt sin Guds lov, krever de av mig rettferdige dommer; de vil at Gud skal komme nær til dem.

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Cross references

  • Titus 1:16

    They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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  • Isaiah 29:13

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

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  • Matthew 15:7–9

    You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

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  • Mark 4:16–17

    Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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  • 1 Peter 2:1–2

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

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  • James 1:21–22

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

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  • Ezekiel 33:30–33

    As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

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  • Hebrews 6:4–6

    It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

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