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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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The Danger of Empty Ritual
All commentators agree that this verse describes religious hypocrisy. The people performed all the outward acts of devotion—daily prayer, attending services, and studying scripture—but their hearts were unchanged and their lives were sinful. Scholars warn against this 'external religiousness,' emphasizing that God desires genuine conversion and a righteous life, not just the performance of rituals.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yet they seek me daily - The whole description here is appropriate to the character of formalists and hypocrites; and the idea is t…
19th Century
Anglican
Yet they seek me daily ... —The “seeking” is that of those who come, like the elders in Ezekiel 20:1, to “inquire” of Jeh…
Baptist
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 j…
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16th Century
Protestant
Yet they seek me daily. Here he intended to take away every ground of objection from hypocrites, who had their answers ready: “We fear, se…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet they seek me daily Which may be considered as an acknowledgment of their external piety; or as a caution to the …
13th Century
Catholic
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