Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says, “These people come and praise me with their words, and honor me with lip service, but their thoughts are miles away. Their worship of me only consists of them following rules people have taught them.

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In The 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:

In Context

12If you give it to someone who doesn't know how to read and say, “Please read it,” they'll say, “I don't know how to read.”

14So once again I will surprise these people with miracle upon miracle. The wisdom of the wise will die, and the insight of the insightful will disappear.”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:1Hezekiah was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Proverbs 30:6Don't add anything to his words, or he will criticize you and you'll be shown to be a liar.

Isaiah 30:11Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 58:2Every day they come to me, pleased to know my ways as if they were a nation that does what is right and follows the laws of their God! They ask me to treat them right; they like to be close to their God.

Jeremiah 5:2They may make promises in my name, but they're not sincere.

Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please listen to our request.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:10-17

Threatenings against Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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