31 And they come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them; for they do the lustful desires expressed by their (A)mouth, and their heart follows their unlawful (B)gain. 32 And behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a (C)beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.

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But He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written:

(A)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

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15 Because you have said, “We have made a (A)covenant with death,
And with [a]Sheol we have made a [b]pact.
(B)The [c]gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by,
Because we have made (C)falsehood our refuge and we have (D)concealed ourselves with deception.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:15 I.e., the netherworld
  2. Isaiah 28:15 As in some ancient versions; MT seer
  3. Isaiah 28:15 Or overwhelming scourge

18 Your (A)covenant with death will be [a](B)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the (C)[b]gushing flood passes through,
Then you will become its (D)trampling ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:18 Lit covered over
  2. Isaiah 28:18 Or overwhelming scourge

16 (A)They profess to know God, but by their deeds they (B)deny Him, being (C)detestable and (D)disobedient and (E)worthless (F)for any good deed.

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13 So are the paths of (A)all who forget God;
And the (B)hope of the godless will perish,

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For what is (A)the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life,
When God requires (B)his [a]life?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:8 Or soul

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