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Isaiah 48:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Listen to this, house of Jacob – those who are called by the name Israel and have descended from   Judah, who swear by the name of the  Lord and declare the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.

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then you can swear, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ in truth,  justice, and righteousness, and then the nations will be blessed  by him and will boast in him.


When they say, ‘As the  Lord  lives,’ they are swearing falsely.


Whoever asks for a blessing in the land will ask for a blessing by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my sight.


Fear the Lord your God, worship him, and take your oaths in his name.


‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’  he said. ‘It will be Israel  because you have struggled with God  and with men and have prevailed.’


Note this: I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying #– #I will make them come and bow down at your feet,   and they will know that I have loved you.


I know your   affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.


through the hypocrisy  of liars whose consciences  are seared.


That is, it is not the children by physical descent  who are God’s children,  but the children of the promise  are considered to be the offspring.


Now it is not as though the word of God has failed,  because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.


Now if  you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law,  and boast in God,


God is spirit,   and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.’


Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said about him, ‘Here truly is an Israelite   in whom there is no deceit.’


‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.   ,


‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.


those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the stars in the sky; those who bow and pledge loyalty to the  Lord but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;  ,


The Lord has sworn with his right hand and his strong arm: I will no longer give your grain to your enemies for food, and foreigners will not drink the new wine for which you have laboured.


They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgements; they delight in the nearness of God.’


By myself I have sworn; truth has gone from my mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow  to me, every tongue will swear allegiance.


This one will say, “I am the  Lord’s”; another will use the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, “The  Lord’s”, and take on the name of Israel.’


Lord our God, lords other than you have owned   us, but we remember your name alone.


Should your springs flow in the streets, streams in the public squares?


They are still observing the former practices to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe the statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments that the Lord had commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he had given the name Israel.


So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled  , in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.


You are to fear the Lord your God and worship him. Remain faithful  to him and take oaths in his name.


‘The Lord heard your  words when you spoke to me. He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. Everything they have said is right.


Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will be by abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.


Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God;  I am the Lord.


‘Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.  ,


God said to him, ‘Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but your name will be Israel.’  So he named him Israel.


Listen to me, you hard-hearted, far removed from justice:


All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted   garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities  carry us away like the wind.


‘Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: “I have sworn by my great name,  says the Lord, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt,  saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’


Then he said to me, ‘This is the curse  that is going out over the whole land, for everyone who is a thief, contrary to what is written on one side, has gone unpunished,  and everyone who swears falsely, contrary to what is written on the other side, has gone unpunished.


Gehazi,  the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, ‘My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives,  I will run after him and get something from him.’


Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the  Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug.


Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.


House of Jacob, should it be asked, ‘Is the Spirit of the  Lord  impatient? Are these the things he does? ’ Don’t my words bring good to the one who walks uprightly?





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