Isaiah 48:1-2

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
awho are called by the name of Israel,
and bwho came from the waters of Judah,
cwho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
2For they call themselves after the holy city,
dand stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 58:1

True and False Fasting

1 Cry aloud; do not hold back;
elift up your voice like a trumpet;
fdeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 2:4

4Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

Micah 3:9

9 gHear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
hwho detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,

Matthew 3:8

8Bear fruit iin keeping with repentance.

John 8:39

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39They answered him, jAbraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, kIf you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

Romans 2:28-29

28For lno one is a Jew mwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29But a Jew is one ninwardly, and ocircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. pHis praise is not from man but from God.

Romans 9:6-13

6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7and not all are children of Abraham qbecause they are his offspring, but rThrough Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 8This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but sthe children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9For this is what the promise said: tAbout this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10And not only so, but ualso when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of vhim who calls 12she was told, w“The older will serve the younger.” 13As it is written, xJacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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