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Isaiah 58:2 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Isaiah 58:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 58 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Isaiah 58:2 (KJV)
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Commentary on Isaiah 58:2
God commands Isaiah to expose religious hypocrisy with the intensity of a shofar blast: "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet." The threefold command emphasizes urgency and boldness. The message targets "my people" and "the house of Jacob"—not pagans but God's covenant community. The irony is sharp: "They seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness." They maintain external religious observance—regular worship attendance, desire for biblical teaching, questions about God's ordinances. They "ask of me the ordinances of justice" and "take delig...
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Cross-References for Isaiah 58:2
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“but by their works they deny him”
“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 commandment of men which has been taught;,Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:, וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי יַעַן כִּי נִגַּשׁ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּפִיו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו כִּבְּדוּנִי וְלִבּוֹ רִחַק מִמֶּנִּי וַתְּהִי יִרְאָתָם אֹתִי מִצְוַת אֲנָשִׁים מְלֻמָּדָה׃ ,And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, And with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, But have removed their heart far from Me, And their fear of Me is a command-ment of men learned by rote;,καὶ δοθήσεται τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπου μὴ ἐπισταμένου γράμματα καὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ ἀνάγνωθι τοῦτο καὶ ἐρεῖ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι γράμματα,And the Lord has said, This people draw nigh to me with their mouth, and they honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.,,,,”
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“putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness”
“all deceit”
“and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit”
“son of man”
“sheep and oxen”
“they asked him”