Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your Statutes.

Yet they say to the Mighty God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we entreat Him?

Therefore Jehovah said, Whereas this people draw near with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men;

You have planted them; yea, they take root. They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouth, but far from their heart.

Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been made near by the blood of Christ.

And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

that you not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and you go whoring after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and they invite you and you eat of their sacrifices,

And the fringe shall be, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of Jehovah and do them, and that you not seek after that for which your own heart and eyes go whoring,

Adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore purposes to be a friend of the world is shown to be opposing God.

And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.