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Isaiah 29:11-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 29:11-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(A) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[a] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,[b] he will say, “I can’t read.”
13 The Lord said:
Because these people approach Me with their mouths(B)
to honor Me with lip-service[c]—
yet their hearts are far from Me,
and their worship consists of man-made rules
learned by rote—
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”
- Isaiah 29:13 Lit their mouth and honor Me with its lips
Isaiah 29:11-13
New International Version
Isaiah 29:11-13
New International Version
11 For you this whole vision(A) is nothing but words sealed(B) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
13 The Lord says:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
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