Isa 48:1-2, 58:2, Eze 33:3, Mat 23:25-26, 2Ti 3:5, Heb 12:15 | ESV | STEP | Hear this , O house of Jacob , who are called by the name of Israel , and who came from the waters of Judah , who swear by the name of the Lord and confess the God of Israel , but not in truth or right .

k[See ver. 25 above]

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.
2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
^dand stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 58:2

2 ^eYet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.

Ezekiel 33:3

3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and ^fblows the trumpet and warns the people,

Matthew 23:25-26

25 ^g“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^hyou clean the outside of ⁱthe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of ^jgreed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of ^kthe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

2 Timothy 3:5

5 having the appearance of godliness, but ^ldenying its power. ^mAvoid such people.

Hebrews 12:15

15 See to it that no one ⁿfails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^o“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;