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12 Then the scroll is given to one who does not know books, saying, “Read this, please,” but he says, “I don’t know books.”

13 So Adonai says,
    “Since these people draw near with their mouths
        and honor Me with their lips,
    yet their hearts are far from Me,
        and their fear of Me is a mitzvah taught by men.[a]
14 Therefore, behold, once more I will do a marvelous work among this people—
a marvel and a wonder—
so the wisdom of their wise will perish,
and the discernment of their discerning will be concealed.”

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