I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."

" Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. "They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me;

Then he said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So they had him ride in his chariot.

However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, [that is,] from the golden calves that [were] at Bethel and Dan.

When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.

Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;

"Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, [But] not in truth or in righteousness;

For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] His name:

"Do not trust in these lying words, saying, 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD [are] these.'

Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us."

" Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

"Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!'

"When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know you, where you are from,'

They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.