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13 The Lord says:

“These people ·worship me [L come near to me] with their mouths,
    and honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
Their ·worship [awe; fear] is based on
    nothing but human ·rules [L commandments that have been taught].
14 So [L look; T behold] I will continue to ·amaze [astound] these people
    by doing more and more ·miracles [wonders].
·Their wise men will lose their wisdom [L The wisdom of the wise will perish];
    ·their wise men will not be able to understand [L the discernment of the discerning will disappear; 1 Cor. 1:19].”

Warnings About Other Nations

15 ·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] those who ·try
    to hide [deeply hide; or hide too deep to see] ·things [plans; counsel] from the Lord
and who do their work in darkness.
    They ·think no one will see them or know what they do [L say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”].

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13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)
14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(E)
the wisdom of the wise(F) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(G)
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(H) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(I) Who will know?”(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules