KJV King James Version
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
WEB World English Bible
“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
ASV American Standard Version
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;
Surrounding context — Isaiah 58
1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 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 the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
3 Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
קְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבְגָרוֹן֙H1627 · ga.ronthroatאַל־H408 · alnotתַּחְשֹׂ֔ךְH2820 · cha.sakhto withholdכַּשּׁוֹפָ֖רH7782 · sho.phartrumpetהָרֵ֣םH7311 · rumto exaltקוֹלֶ֑ךָH6963 · qolvoiceוְהַגֵּ֤דH5046 · na.gadto tellלְעַמִּי֙H5971 · ampeopleפִּשְׁעָ֔םH6588 · pe.sahtransgressionוּלְבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceיַעֲקֹ֖בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobחַטֹּאתָֽם׃H2403 · chat.ta.ahsin
Cross-references
Titus 2:15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.Hosea 8:1[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.Acts 20:26-27Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure from the blood of all [men].Ezekiel 3:17-21Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.Acts 7:51-52Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.Matthew 3:7-9But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?Ezekiel 3:5-9For thou [art] not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, [but] to the house of Israel;Isaiah 40:9-10O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!Micah 3:8-12But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.Revelation 14:9-10And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,Ezekiel 20:4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge [them]? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:Jeremiah 7:8-11Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.Jeremiah 15:19-20Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.Isaiah 40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Jeremiah 1:17-19Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.Ezekiel 22:2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.Jeremiah 1:7-10But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
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