KJV King James Version
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
WEB World English Bible
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
ASV American Standard Version
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is—A precept of men is taught!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 29
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲדֹנָ֗יH136 · a.do.naiLordיַ֚עַןH3282 · ya.anbecauseכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforנִגַּשׁ֙H5066 · na.gashto approach: approachהָעָ֣םH5971 · ampeopleהַזֶּ֔הH2088 · zehthisבְּפִ֤יוH6310 · pehlipוּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙H8193 · sa.phahlipsכִּבְּד֔וּנִיH3513 · ka.vadto honor: honourוְלִבּ֖וֹH3820 · levheartרִחַ֣קH7368 · ra.chaqto removeמִמֶּ֑נִּיH4480 · minfromוַתְּהִ֤יH1961 · ha.yahto beיִרְאָתָם֙H3374 · yir.ahfearאֹתִ֔יH853 · et[Obj.]מִצְוַ֥תH4687 · mits.vahcommandmentאֲנָשִׁ֖יםH582 · e.noshhumanמְלֻמָּדָֽה׃H3925 · la.madto learn: teach
Cross-references
Ezekiel 33:31-33And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou [art] near in their mouth, and far from their reins.Mark 7:2-13And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.Matthew 15:2-9Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.Jeremiah 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.Isaiah 58:2-3Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.Proverbs 30:6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.Jeremiah 5:2And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.Isaiah 48:1-2Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.Jeremiah 42:2-4And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, [even] for all this remnant; (for we are left [but] a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)Colossians 2:22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?Jeremiah 42:20For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do [it].Psalm 17:1A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.2 Chronicles 29:1-31Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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