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Isaiah 29:13

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.

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ASV

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;

KJV

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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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יַ֚עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
נִגַּשׁ֙ni.Gashit has drawn nearH5066 →
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
בְּפִ֤יוbe.Fivwith mouth itsH6310 →
וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙u.vis.fa.Tavand with lips itsH8193 →
כִּבְּד֔וּנִיki.be.Du.nithey have honored meH3513 →
וְלִבּ֖וֹve.li.Boand heart itsH3820 →
רִחַ֣קri.Chakit has made far awayH7368 →
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480 →
וַתְּהִ֤יva.te.Hiand it has beenH1961 →
יִרְאָתָם֙yir.'a.Tamfear theirH3374 →
אֹתִ֔י'o.Ti[of] meH853 →
מִצְוַ֥תmitz.Vata commandment ofH4687 →
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimpeopleH582 →
מְלֻמָּדָֽה׃me.lu.ma.Dah[which] has been taughtH3925 →

The walk

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Mark 7:6Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.Matthew 15:8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.Matthew 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”Ezekiel 33:31–33So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.Mark 7:2–13and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.Mark 7:7They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’Matthew 15:2–9“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”Jeremiah 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.James 1:8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.Galatians 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.Isaiah 58:2–3For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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