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I will expose your righteousness, and your works-they will not profit you.
Isaiah 57:12 In-Context
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You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
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“Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
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I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
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When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”
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And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”