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Isaiah 58:2

World English Bible

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

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Isaiah 58:2 in other translations

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 righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

Isaiah 58:2 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 58:2 in context

  1. 1“Cry aloud! Don’t spare!
    Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
    Declare to my people their disobedience,
    and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  2. 2Yet they seek me daily,
    and delight to know my ways.
    As a nation that did righteousness,
    and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God,
    they ask of me righteous judgments.
    They delight to draw near to God.
  3. 3‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see?
    Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’
    “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
    and oppress all your laborers.
  4. 4Behold, you fast for strife and contention,
    and to strike with the fist of wickedness.
    You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.