Isaiah 59:13

The Passion Translation

We have rebelled and even tried to deny Yahweh; we have forsaken our God. Our speech stirs up oppression and revolt, and our hearts conceive, then confess, lies.

Cross References

Psalm 18:21

I will follow his commands and I’ll not sin by ceasing to follow him, no matter what.

Psalm 78:36

But their repentance lasted only as long as they were in danger; they lied through their teeth to the true God of the Covenant. So quickly they wandered away from his promises, following God with their words and not their hearts! Their worship was only flattery.

Proverbs 30:9

May my satisfaction be found in you. Don’t let me be so rich that I don’t need you or so poor that I have to resort to dishonesty just to make ends meet. Then my life will never detract from bringing glory to your name.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who legalize injustice and write oppressive legislation!

Isaiah 30:12

Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel has to say: “Because you have despised this message, and trust in your own clever abilities to deceive, and rely upon oppression,

Isaiah 31:6

“People of Israel! Repent and turn back to God, whom you have deeply betrayed.

Isaiah 32:6

for the fool is recognized by his foolish words. Their minds plot treachery, they excel in ungodliness, and they say misleading things about Yahweh. They refuse to feed the hungry or give drink to the thirsty.

Isaiah 48:8

“You have never heard nor understood; your ear had not been opened beforehand. Though I knew that you would fight against me as a rebel from birth,

Isaiah 5:7

For Israel is this vineyard of Yahweh, the Commander of Angel Armies, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. When he waited for a crop of justice, he got a harvest of bloodshed! When he waited to reap fairness, he heard only the cries of victims.

Isaiah 57:11

“Why were you so afraid of them that you told lies and did not remember me or even care what I thought? Is it because I have been patient and long silent that you no longer fear me?

Isaiah 58:13

“If you stop pursuing your own desires on my holy day, and refrain from disregarding the Sabbath, if you call the Sabbath a delightful pleasure and Yahweh’s holy day honorable, if you honor it properly by not chasing your own desires, serving your own interests, and speaking empty words,

Isaiah 58:2

Yes, daily they seem to seek me, pretending that they delight to know my ways, as though they were a nation that does what is right and had not rejected the law of their God. They ask me to show them the right way, acting as though they are eager to be close to me.

Isaiah 58:9

Then Yahweh will answer you when you pray. When you cry out for help, he will say, ‘I am here.’ “If you banish every form of oppression, the scornful accusations, and vicious slander,

Jeremiah 12:8

My own inheritance has turned against me like savage, roaring lions in the jungle; therefore, I will deal with her as though I hate her.

Jeremiah 17:13

Yahweh, you are the only hope of Israel! All who forsake you will be covered with shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dirt. To forsake you, Yahweh, is to forsake the fountain of living waters.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people are guilty of a double sin: they have abandoned me, the Spring of Living Water, and they have dug for themselves cisterns — cracked cisterns that hold no water.”

Jeremiah 2:16

Moreover, Egyptian armies will march from Memphis and Tahpanhes. They will come and shave your head bald.

Jeremiah 2:17

Israel, you have no one to blame but yourselves! You stubbornly turned away even though Yahweh, your God, was leading you the right way.

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister, Judah, refused to return to me with her whole heart; instead, she came with only deceitful lies,” declared Yahweh.

Jeremiah 3:20

Instead, as a treacherous wife betrays her husband, so, you, nation of Israel, have betrayed me. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and I will never stop doing good things for them. I will inspire them to honor and respect me so that they will never walk away from me again.

Jeremiah 42:20

that you are in danger of your very lives. You deceived me when you sent me to Yahweh your God and said, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; whatever he says, we will do it.’

Jeremiah 5:23

But these people have stubborn, rebellious hearts. They all turn aside and go their own way.

Ezekiel 18:25

“But you complain, ‘The Lord is being unfair. That’s not right.’ Now people of Israel, listen to me: Do you think my way of doing things is unjust? Aren’t you the ones who are acting unjustly?

Ezekiel 6:9

Those who escape will remember me among the nations where they are exiles. They will remember how my heart was crushed by their promiscuous ways when they turned their hearts away from me and by their wandering eyes that lusted after idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil things they did and all their detestable practices.

Matthew 10:33

But if you publicly deny that you know me, I will also deny you before my heavenly Father.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are disgusting, disobedient, and disqualified from doing anything good.

Hebrews 3:12

So search your hearts every day, my brothers and sisters, and make sure that none of you has evil or unbelief hiding within you. For it will lead you astray, and make you unresponsive to the living God.

James 1:15

Evil desires give birth to evil actions. And when sin is fully mature it can murder you!

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire! It can be compared to the sum total of wickedness and is the most dangerous part of our human body. It corrupts the entire body and is a hellish flame! It releases a fire that can burn throughout the course of human existence.

Joshua 24:27

Joshua said to all the people, “Look at this stone! It will serve as a witness, for it heard all the words that Yahweh spoke to us; it will be a witness against you if you rebel against our God.”