³ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish^[a] prophets^(A) who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!^(B)

⁴ I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.^(A)

²³ Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility^(A) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

⁷ They want to be teachers^(A) of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.^(B)