⁷ For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, ^(A)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, ^(B)I the Lord will answer him myself.

^48 (A)If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he ^(B)shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

True and False Fasting

¹⁰ but the ^(A)seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the ^(B)sojourner who is within your gates.

¹⁹ It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, ^(A)devoid of the Spirit.

³⁰ “As for you, ^(A)son of man, ^(B)your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ ^31 (C)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for ^(D)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. ³² And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and ^(E)plays^[a] well on an instrument, for ^(F)they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

⁷ For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, ^(A)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, ^(B)I the Lord will answer him myself. ⁸ And ^(C)I will set my face against that man; I ^(D)will make him a sign and a byword ^(E)and cut him off from the midst of my people, ^(F)and you shall know that I am the Lord.