Isaiah 29:13
11 And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
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.
14 Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- 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:
- WEB
- The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
- ASV
- And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to 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];
- DARBY
- And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
- BLB
- And YHWH says, “Because that this people draws near with its mouth, and honors Me with its lips, and its heart has grown far away from Me, and their reverence toward Me is a commandment taught by men.
- ÅB
- Og Herren sier: Fordi dette folk holder seg nær til meg med sin munn og ærer meg med sine lepper, men holder sitt hjerte langt borte fra meg, og deres frykt for meg er et menneskebud som de har lært,
- OTB
- Herren sier: “Disse menneskene nærmer seg meg med munnen og ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerter er langt fra meg. Deres ærefrykt for meg er basert på menneskelige regler lært av mennesker.
- B1930
- Og Herren sier: Fordi dette folk holder sig nær til mig med sin munn og ærer mig med sine leber, men holder sitt hjerte langt borte fra mig, og deres frykt for mig er et menneskebud som de har lært,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31–33
So 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.
Read in contextMark 7:2–13
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
Read in contextMatthew 15:2–9
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
Read in contextJeremiah 3:10
Yet 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:2–3
For 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.”
Read in contextProverbs 30:6
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:2
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
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