Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

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