Isaiah 29:13

New English Translation

The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

Cross References

Psalm 17:1

Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!

Psalm 50:16

God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

Proverbs 30:6

Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

Isaiah 10:6

I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

Isaiah 29:1

Ariel is as good as dead – Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals, celebrate your festivals on schedule.

Isaiah 29:12

Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.”

Isaiah 30:11

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.

Isaiah 63:17

Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

Jeremiah 3:10

In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:20

You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the Lord your God and asked me, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us what the Lord our God says and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 5:2

These people make promises in the name of the Lord. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie.”

Ezekiel 14:1

Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 33:30

“But as for you, son of man, your people (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ‘Come hear the word that comes from the Lord.’

Hosea 7:14

They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

Colossians 2:22

These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

1 Samuel 15:30

Saul again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”