13 The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speeches(A)
to honor me with lip-service,[a]
yet their hearts are far from me,
and human rules direct their worship of me.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:13 Lit their mouth and honor me with its lips
  2. 29:13 Lit their fearing of me is a taught command of men

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