14 “I hate your new moon festivals and your (A)appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am (B)weary of bearing them.

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12 Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and (A)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they (B)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

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12 Therefore in that day the Lord [a]God of hosts called you to (A)weeping, to wailing,
To (B)shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
13 Instead, there is (C)gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
(D)Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

(A)Be delayed and wait,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They (B)become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with strong drink.

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13 Then the Lord said,

“Because (A)this people draw near with their [a]words
And honor Me with their [b]lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their [c]reverence for Me [d]consists of [e]tradition learned by rote,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Lit mouth
  2. Isaiah 29:13 Lit lips
  3. Isaiah 29:13 Lit fear of Me
  4. Isaiah 29:13 Lit is
  5. Isaiah 29:13 Lit commandment of rulers