Isaiah 59:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We have rebelled and refused to follow you. Our hearts were deceitful, and so we lied; we planned to abuse others and turn our backs on you.

Cross References

Job 31:28

Such horrible sins would have deserved punishment from God.

Psalm 18:21

I do what you want and never turn to do evil.

Psalm 78:36

But they tried to flatter God, and they told him lies;

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Isaiah 10:1

You people are in for trouble! You have made cruel and unfair laws

Isaiah 30:12

Now this is the answer of the holy God of Israel: “You rejected my message, and you trust in violence and lies.

Isaiah 31:6

People of Israel, come back! You have completely turned from the LORD.

Isaiah 32:6

Fools talk foolishness. They always make plans to do sinful things, to lie about the LORD, to let the hungry starve, and to keep water from those who are thirsty.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never been willing to listen to what I say; from the moment of your birth, I knew you would rebel.

Isaiah 5:7

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Isaiah 57:11

Did you forget about me and become unfaithful because you were more afraid of someone else? Have I been silent so long that you no longer fear me?

Isaiah 58:13

But first, you must start respecting the Sabbath as a joyful day of worship. You must stop doing and saying whatever you please on this special day.

Isaiah 58:2

Day after day, you worship him and seem eager to learn his teachings. You act like a nation that wants to do right by obeying his laws. You ask him about justice, and say you enjoy worshipping the LORD.

Isaiah 58:9

When you beg the LORD for help, he will answer, “Here I am!” Don't ill-treat others or falsely accuse them or say something cruel.

Jeremiah 12:8

My people have turned against me and roar at me like lions. That's why I hate them.

Jeremiah 17:13

You are a spring of water giving Israel life and hope. But if the people reject what you have told me, they will be swept away like words written in dust.

Jeremiah 2:13

You, my people, have sinned in two ways— you have rejected me, the source of life-giving water, and you've tried to collect water in cracked and leaking pits dug in the ground.

Jeremiah 2:16

Soldiers from the Egyptian towns of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls.

Jeremiah 2:17

It's all your own fault! You stopped following me, the LORD your God,

Jeremiah 3:10

And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me.

Jeremiah 3:20

But instead, you are like a wife who broke her wedding vows. You have been unfaithful to me. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 42:20

You asked me to pray and find out what the LORD our God wants you to do, and you promised to obey him. But that was a terrible mistake,

Jeremiah 5:23

You stubborn people have rebelled and turned your backs on me.

Ezekiel 18:25

You people of Israel accuse me of being unfair! But listen—I'm not unfair; you are!

Ezekiel 6:9

where they will be prisoners. And when they think of me, they will realize that they disgraced me by rebelling and by worshipping idols. They will hate themselves for the evil things they did,

Hosea 1:2

The LORD said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.”

Hosea 11:12

Israel is deceitful to me, their loyal and holy God; they surround me with lies, and Judah worships other gods.

Hosea 6:7

At a place named Adam, you betrayed me by breaking our agreement.

Hosea 7:1

and to heal its wounds. But then I see the crimes in Israel and Samaria. Everyone is deceitful; robbers roam the streets.

Hosea 7:13

Trouble and destruction will be their reward for rejecting me. I would have rescued them, but they told me lies.

Amos 6:12

Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be ploughed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.

Matthew 10:33

But if you reject me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you don't belong to me.

Titus 1:16

Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove that they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.

Hebrews 3:12

My friends, watch out! Don't let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God.

James 1:15

Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.

James 3:6

The tongue is like a spark. It is an evil power that dirties the rest of the body and sets a person's entire life on fire with flames that come from hell itself.

Joshua 24:27

and told the people, “Look at this stone. It has heard everything that the LORD has said to us. Our God can call this stone as a witness if we ever reject him.”