Isaiah 48:1
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God the Creator and Redeemer
48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
who are called by the name of Israel
and who came forth from the loins[a] of Judah,
who swear by the name of the Lord
and invoke the God of Israel
but not in truth or right.(A)
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- 48.1 Cn: Heb waters
Jeremiah 4:2
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2 and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!”
in truth, in justice, and in uprightness,
then nations shall be blessed[a] by you,[b]
and by you[c] they shall boast.(A)
Psalm 68:26
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26 “Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”(A)
Matthew 15:8-9
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8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;(A)
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching human precepts as doctrines.’ ”(B)
Jeremiah 7:9-10
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9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known(A) 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, “We are safe!”—only to go on doing all these abominations?(B)
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Jeremiah 5:2
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2 Although they say, “As the Lord lives,”
yet they swear falsely.(A)
Isaiah 65:16
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16 Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land
shall bless by the God of faithfulness,
and whoever takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of faithfulness,
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my sight.(A)
Isaiah 1:10-14
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10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the teaching of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!(A)
11 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 fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls
or of lambs or of goats.(B)
12 When you come to appear before me,[a]
who asked this from your hand?
Trample my courts no more!(C)
13 Bringing offerings is futile;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation—
I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.(D)
14 Your new moons and your appointed festivals
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.(E)
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- 1.12 Or see my face
Deuteronomy 33:28
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28 So Israel lives in safety,
untroubled is Jacob’s abode[a]
in a land of grain and wine,
where the heavens drop down dew.(A)
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- 33.28 Or fountain
Deuteronomy 6:13
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13 The Lord your God you shall fear, him you shall serve, and by his name alone you shall swear.(A)
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Numbers 24:7
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7 Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall have abundant water;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.(A)
Genesis 32:28
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28 Then the man[a] said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[b] for you have striven with God and with humans[c] and have prevailed.”(A)
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Revelation 3:9
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9 I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.(A)
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