Isaiah 48:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Genesis 35:10

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

2 Kings 17:34

So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

Psalm 63:11

But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

Psalm 66:3

Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

Psalm 68:26

Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

Psalm 68:27

There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

Exodus 23:13

Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

Proverbs 5:16

Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.

Isaiah 26:13

O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.

Isaiah 44:5

One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

Isaiah 45:23

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

Isaiah 46:12

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

Isaiah 51:1

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

Isaiah 51:2

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

Isaiah 58:2

Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

Isaiah 64:6

For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

Isaiah 65:16

So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

Jeremiah 4:2

And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.

Jeremiah 44:26

And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.

Jeremiah 5:2

And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.

Leviticus 19:12

And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Micah 2:7

Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?

Zephaniah 1:5

And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Numbers 24:7

Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.

Matthew 23:13

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

John 4:24

God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

Romans 2:17

But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

Romans 9:6

But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

Romans 9:8

That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

Deuteronomy 33:28

And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens.

Deuteronomy 5:28

Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

1 Timothy 4:2

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

Revelation 2:9

I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are but you have true wealth, and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 3:9

See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.