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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Footnotes

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

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