learn to do good. Seek justice: help the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

But the people didn’t turn to the one who struck them. They didn’t seek the Lord of heavenly forces.

A signal to the peoples

On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a signal to the peoples. The nations will seek him out, and his dwelling will be glorious.

a throne will be established based on goodness, and someone will sit faithfully on it in David’s dwelling— a judge who seeks justice and timely righteousness.

Doom to those going to Egypt

Doom to those going down to Egypt for help! They rely on horses, trust in chariots because they are many, and on riders because they are very strong. But they don’t look to the holy one of Israel; they don’t seek the Lord.

The one who sets up an image chooses wood that won’t rot and then seeks a skilled artisan to set up an idol that won’t move.

The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to them; I, the God of Israel, won’t abandon them.

I didn’t speak in secret or in some land of darkness; I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I am the Lord, the one who speaks truth, who announces what is correct.

Look to Abraham and Sarah

Listen to me, you who look for righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry where you were dug.

Seek the Lord when he can still be found; call him while he is yet near.

They seek me day after day, desiring knowledge of my ways like a nation that acted righteously, that didn’t abandon their God. They ask me for righteous judgments, wanting to be close to God.

If you stop trampling the Sabbath, stop doing whatever you want on my holy day, and consider the Sabbath a delight, sacred to the Lord, honored, and honor it instead of doing things your way, seeking what you want and doing business as usual,

Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Achor Valley a resting place for cattle, for my people who seek me.