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13 Then the Lord said,

“Because (A)this people draw near with their mouth
And honor Me with their lips,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their fear of Me is in the command of men learned by rote,

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A Rebuke of Hypocritical Worship

13 Then the Lord said:

“Because these people draw near with their mouths
    and honor me with their lips,
        but their hearts are far from me,
worship of me[a] has become
    merely like[b] rules taught by human beings.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Their worship of me
  2. Isaiah 29:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack like