11 And the vision of them all is become unto you, as the words of a book that is sealed up, which they deliver to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. Then shall he say, I [a]cannot; for it is sealed.

12 And the book is given unto him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he shall say, I cannot read.

13 Therefore the Lord said, Because this people [b]come near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their [c]fear toward me was taught by the precept of men,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:11 Meaning, that it is all alike, either to read, or not to read, except God open the heart to understand.
  2. Isaiah 29:13 Because they are hypocrites and not sincere in heart, as Matt. 15:8.
  3. Isaiah 29:13 That is, their religion was learned by man’s doctrine, and not by my word.

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