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12 Then you give the book to someone who can’t read, saying, “Please read this.”

He answers, “I can’t read.”

13 Adonay says,

“These people worship me with their mouths
    and honor me with their lips.
        But their hearts are far from me,
            and their worship of me is based on rules made by humans.
14 That is why I am going to do something completely amazing
    for these people once again.
        The wisdom of their wise people will disappear.
        The intelligence of their intelligent people will be hidden.”

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12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”

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)
14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(E)
the wisdom of the wise(F) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(G)

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Footnotes

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