13 Therefore the Lord said, Because this people [a]come near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their [b]fear toward me was taught by the precept of men,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Because they are hypocrites and not sincere in heart, as Matt. 15:8.
  2. Isaiah 29:13 That is, their religion was learned by man’s doctrine, and not by my word.

13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules