They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
Isaiah 46:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Listen to Me, you stiff-hearted and you who have lost heart, you who are far from righteousness (from uprightness and right standing with God, and from His righteous deliverance). American Standard Version (1901) Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: Common English Bible Listen to me, you bullheaded people who are far from victory: Catholic Public Domain Version Hear me, you who are hard of heart, who are far from justice! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have brought my justice near: it shall not be afar off, and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion and my glory in Israel. |
They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your law.
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, that rule this people in Yerushalayim:
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
Listen to me, house of Ya`akov, and all the remnant of the house of Yisra'el, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
Hear you this, house of Ya`akov, who are called by the name of Yisra'el, and are come forth out of the waters of Yehudah; who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Yisra'el, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Yisra'el, and the men of Yehudah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.
For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
All the people will know, including Efrayim and the inhabitants of Shomron, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,
thus says the LORD, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
*You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
But now in Messiah Yeshua you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Messiah.
Therefore he says, *Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.*