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Isaiah 58:2

IntegrityFasting

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.

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.

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to 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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  • Titus 1:16

    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

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  • Isaiah 29:13

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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  • Matthew 15:7–9

    Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

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  • Mark 4:16–17

    And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

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  • 1 Peter 2:1–2

    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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  • James 1:21–22

    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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  • Ezekiel 33:30–33

    Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

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  • Hebrews 6:4–6

    For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

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