Discovery Box| (1.00) | Isa 56:6 |
| As for foreigners who become followers of 1 the Lord and serve him, who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants – all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to 2 my covenant – |
| (1.00) | Isa 56:7 |
| I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. 1 Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” 2 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:5 |
| you who practice ritual sex 1 under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. 2 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:6 |
| Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. 1 You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance. 2 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:7 |
| On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices. |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:8 |
| Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. 1 Indeed, 2 you depart from me 3 and go up and invite them into bed with you. 4 You purchase favors from them, 5 you love their bed, and gaze longingly 6 on their genitals. 7 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:9 |
| You take olive oil as tribute 1 to your king, 2 along with many perfumes. 3 You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol. 4 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:11 |
| Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? 1 Because I have been silent for so long, 2 you are not afraid of me. 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:12 |
| I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, 1 but they will not help you. |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:14 |
| He says, 1 “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!” |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:15 |
| For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules 1 forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, 2 in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged. 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 57:19 |
| I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. 1 Complete prosperity 2 is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them. |
| (1.00) | Isa 58:2 |
| They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, 1 like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God. |
| (1.00) | Isa 58:3 |
| They lament, 1 ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, 2 you oppress your workers. 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 58:6 |
| No, this is the kind of fast I want. 1 I want you 2 to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, 3 and to break every burdensome yoke. |
| (1.00) | Isa 58:9 |
| Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’ You must 1 remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully. |
| (1.00) | Isa 58:13 |
| You must 1 observe the Sabbath 2 rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. 3 You must look forward to the Sabbath 4 and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect. 5 You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. 6 |
| (1.00) | Isa 59:3 |
| For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. |
| (1.00) | Isa 59:4 |
| No one is concerned about justice; 1 no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words 2 and tell lies; they conceive of oppression 3 and give birth to sin. |
| (1.00) | Isa 59:6 |
| Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes. 1 |
