Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek me daily, 2 and delight to know my ways. 1 As a nation that did righteousness, 2 and didn’t forsake the judgments of their God, 1 they ask of me upright judgments. 2 They delight to draw near to God. 1

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In The King James Version

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

In Context

1“Cry aloud, don’t spare. 2 Lift up your voice like a shofar ·ram horn·. 1 Declare to my people their rebellious breach of relationship, 2 and to the house of Jacob [Supplanter] their habitual sins ·missing the marks·. 1

3‘Why have we fasted,’ say they, ‘and you don’t see? 2 Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ 1 “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, 2 and oppress all your laborers. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:28Adonai sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Adonai said to me, “I have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken.

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, 2 but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 1

Isaiah 29:13'Adonay [Lord] said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their ‘fear of me’ is a mitzvah ·instruction· of human origin— + 29:13. Quoted in Matt 15:8-9; Mark 7:6-7; Col 2:22

Isaiah 48:1“ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· this, house of Jacob [Supplanter], 2 you who are called by the name of Israel [God prevails], 2 and have come out of the waters of Judah [Praised]. 1 You swear by Adonai’s name, 2 and make mention of the God of Israel [God prevails], 2 but not in truth, nor in righteousness 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 58:2-3

A Charge against the People. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. When our Lord Jesus promised to send the Comforter he added, When he shall come he shall convince ( John xvi. 7, 8 ); for… Read the whole commentary →

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