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13 Therefore, the Lord said:

Because this people draw near with their mouths
    and honor Me with their lips,
    but have removed their hearts far from Me,
and their fear toward Me
    is tradition by the precept of men,
14 therefore I will once again do a marvelous work among this people,
    even a marvelous work and a wonder;
for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

15 Woe to those who deeply
    hide their counsel from the Lord
and whose works are done in the dark, and they say,
    “Who sees us?” and “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