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13 The Lord says:

“These people ·worship me [L come near to me] with their mouths,
    and honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
Their ·worship [awe; fear] is based on
    nothing but human ·rules [L commandments that have been taught].
14 So [L look; T behold] I will continue to ·amaze [astound] these people
    by doing more and more ·miracles [wonders].
·Their wise men will lose their wisdom [L The wisdom of the wise will perish];
    ·their wise men will not be able to understand [L the discernment of the discerning will disappear; 1 Cor. 1:19].”

Warnings About Other Nations

15 ·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] those who ·try
    to hide [deeply hide; or hide too deep to see] ·things [plans; counsel] from the Lord
and who do their work in darkness.
    They ·think no one will see them or know what they do [L say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”].

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