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12 Or when they give the book[a] to someone who cannot read, and say, ‘Read this, please,’ he answers,[b] ‘I don’t know how to read.’”

A Rebuke of Hypocritical Worship

13 Then the Lord said:

“Because these people draw near with their mouths
    and honor me with their lips,
        but their hearts are far from me,
worship of me[c] has become
    merely like[d] rules taught by human beings.
14 Therefore, watch out!

“As for me,[e] I will once again
    do amazing things with this people,
        wonder upon wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will perish,
    and the insights[f] of their discerning men will stay hidden.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the book will be given
  2. Isaiah 29:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he will answer
  3. Isaiah 29:13 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Their worship of me
  4. Isaiah 29:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack like
  5. Isaiah 29:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks as for me
  6. Isaiah 29:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read insight