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Isaiah 29:13

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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:

Wherefore the Lord {H136} said {H559}, Forasmuch {H3282} as this people {H5971} draw near {H5066} me with their mouth {H6310}, and with their lips {H8193} do honour {H3513} me, but have removed {H7368} their heart {H3820} far {H7368} from me, and their fear {H3374} toward me is taught {H3925} by the precept {H4687} of men {H582}:

Then Adonai said: "Because these people approach me with empty words, and the honor they bestow on me is mere lip-service; while in fact they have distanced their hearts from me, and their 'fear of me' is just a mitzvah of human origin

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.

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;

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Cross-References

  • Mark 7:2 (26 votes)

    And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

  • Mark 7:13 (26 votes)

    Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

  • Ezekiel 33:31 (24 votes)

    And 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.

  • Ezekiel 33:33 (24 votes)

    And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

  • Jeremiah 12:2 (23 votes)

    Thou 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.

  • Matthew 15:2 (13 votes)

    Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

  • Matthew 15:9 (13 votes)

    But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.