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Amaziah did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, but not wholeheartedly.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(A)

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14 When King Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down in front of them, and offered sacrifices to them!

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14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods,(A) bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.

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Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

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Come near to God and he will come near to you.(A) Wash your hands,(B) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(C) you double-minded.(D)

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21 You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right with God.

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21 You have no part or share(A) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(B) before God.

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13 And so the Lord says,
    “These people say they are mine.
They honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
And their worship of me
    is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:13 Greek version reads Their worship is a farce, / for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God. Compare Mark 7:7.

13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

Joash did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

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Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord(A) all the years of Jehoiada the priest.

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Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

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Such a person is double-minded(A) and unstable(B) in all they do.

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He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.

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Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

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The high places,(A) however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”(B)

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The hearts of the people are fickle;
    they are guilty and must be punished.
The Lord will break down their altars
    and smash their sacred pillars.

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Their heart is deceitful,(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(D)

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37 Their hearts were not loyal to him.
    They did not keep his covenant.

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37 their hearts were not loyal(A) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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