151 You are near, Lord,(A)
and all your commands are true.(B)

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151 Yet you are near,(A) Lord,
    and all your commands are true.(B)

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13 The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speeches(A)
to honor me with lip-service,[a]
yet their hearts are far from me,
and human rules direct their worship of me.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:13 Lit their mouth and honor me with its lips
  2. 29:13 Lit their fearing of me is a taught command of men

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)

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Footnotes

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

Pagan Religion Denounced

But come here,
you witch’s sons,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 57:3 Lit and she acted as a prostitute

“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(A)
    you offspring of adulterers(B) and prostitutes!(C)

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Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A)

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Come near to God and he will come near to you.(A) Wash your hands,(B) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(C) you double-minded.(D)

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