Isaiah 29:15

Easy To Read Version

Those people try to hide things from the Lord. They think the Lord will not understand. Those people do their evil things in darkness. Those people tell themselves. “No person can see us. No person will know who we are.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:27

After she had finished her time of sadness, David sent servants to take her to his house. She became David’s wife and gave birth to a son for David. But the Lord did not like the bad thing David had done.

2 Kings 17:9

The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God. And those things were wrong!

Job 34:22

There is no place dark enough\par for evil people to hide from God.\par

Psalm 59:7

Listen to their threats and insults.\par They say such cruel things,\par and they don’t care who hears them.\par

Psalm 73:11

Those evil people say,\par “God doesn’t know what we are doing!\par God Most-High does not know!”\par

Psalm 83:3

They make secret plans against\par your people.\par Your enemies are discussing plans\par against the people you love.\par

Isaiah 28:15

You people say, “We have made an agreement with death. We have a contract with Sheol—\{the place of death\}. So we will not be punished. Punishment will pass us without hurting us. We will hide behind our tricks and lies.”

Isaiah 28:17

“\{People use\} a measuring line with a weight \{to show a wall is straight. In the same way\}, I will use justice and goodness \{to show what is right\}.

Isaiah 30:1

The Lord said, “Look at these children. They don’t obey me. They make plans, but they don’t ask me to help them. They make agreements with other nations, but my Spirit does not want those agreements. These people are adding more and more sins to themselves.

Isaiah 47:10

You do bad things, but still you feel safe.\par You think to yourself,\par ‘No one sees the wrong things I do.’\par You think that your wisdom and knowledge\par will save you.\par You think to yourself,\par ‘I am the only one.\par No one is important like me.’\par

Isaiah 57:12

I could tell about your ‘good works’\par and all the ‘religious’ things you do;\par but those things are useless!\par

Jeremiah 23:24

A person might try to hide from me\par in some hiding place.\par But it is easy for me to see him.\par Why? Because I am everywhere\par in heaven and earth!”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Ezekiel 8:12

Then \{God\} said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [67]} do you see what the elders of Israel do in the dark? Each man has a special room for his own false god! Those men say to themselves, ‘The Lord can’t see us. The Lord left this country.’”

Ezekiel 8:8

\{God\} said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [64]} make a hole in the wall.” So I made a hole in the wall. And there I saw a door.

Ezekiel 9:9

\{God\} said, “The family of Israel and Judah have done many, many very bad sins! People are being murdered everywhere in this country. And this city is filled with crime. Why? Because the people say to themselves, ‘The Lord left this country. He can’t see the things we are doing.’

Hosea 5:2

You have done many, many bad things. {\cf2\super [52]} So I will punish you all!

Zephaniah 1:12

“At that time, I will take a lamp and search through Jerusalem. I will find all the people that are satisfied to live their own way. Those people say, ‘The Lord does nothing. He does not help and he does not hurt!’ I will find those people and I will punish them!

John 3:19

People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the world. But people did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they were doing evil things.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don’t judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will shine light on the things that are hidden in darkness. He will make known the secret purposes of people’s hearts. Then God will give every person the praise he should get.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each of you for the things you have done.