Israel Refined for God's Glory

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    (A)who are called by the name of Israel,
    and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
    and confess the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or right.

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Stubborn Israel

48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
    you who are called by the name of Israel(A)
    and come from the line of Judah,(B)
you who take oaths(C) in the name of the Lord(D)
    and invoke(E) the God of Israel—
    but not in truth(F) or righteousness—

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(A)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then (B)nations shall bless themselves in him,
    (C)and in him shall they glory.”

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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26 (A)“Bless God in the great congregation,
    the Lord, O you[a] who are of (B)Israel's fountain!”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:26 The Hebrew for you is plural here

26 Praise God in the great congregation;(A)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.(B)

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(A)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (B)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

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“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

(A)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, (B)swear falsely, (C)make offerings to Baal, (D)and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, (E)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?

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“‘Will you steal(A) and murder,(B) commit adultery(C) and perjury,[a](D) burn incense to Baal(E) and follow other gods(F) you have not known, 10 and then come and stand(G) before me in this house,(H) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods

(A)Though they say, “As the Lord lives,”
    (B)yet they swear falsely.

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Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(A)
    still they are swearing falsely.(B)

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16 so that he who (A)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by (B)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by (C)the God of truth;
(D)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

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16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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10 Hear the word of the Lord,
    you rulers of (A)(B)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[a] of our God,
    you people of (C)Gomorrah!
11 (D)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

12 “When you come to (E)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
(F)New moon and Sabbath and the (G)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure (H)iniquity and (I)solemn assembly.
14 Your (J)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:10 Or law

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(A)
    you rulers of Sodom;(B)
listen to the instruction(C) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(D)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(E)
I have no pleasure(F)
    in the blood of bulls(G) and lambs and goats.(H)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,(I)
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(J)
    Your incense(K) is detestable(L) to me.
New Moons,(M) Sabbaths and convocations(N)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(O) feasts and your appointed festivals(P)
    I hate with all my being.(Q)
They have become a burden to me;(R)
    I am weary(S) of bearing them.

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28 So Israel lived in safety,
    (A)Jacob lived (B)alone,[a]
in a land of grain and wine,
    whose heavens drop down dew.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:28 Hebrew the abode of Jacob was alone

28 So Israel will live in safety;(A)
    Jacob will dwell[a] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
    where the heavens drop dew.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:28 Septuagint; Hebrew Jacob’s spring is

13 It is (A)the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and (B)by his name you shall swear.

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Water shall flow from his buckets,
    and his seed shall be (A)in many waters;
his king shall be higher than (B)Agag,
    and (C)his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;(A)
    their kingdom will be exalted.(B)

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28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives

28 Then the man said, “Your name(A) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a](B) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.

Behold, I will make those of (A)the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, (B)I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that (C)I have loved you.

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I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(A) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(B) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(C) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(D)

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