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Isaiah 29:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

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A Prayer. Of David. Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?

Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.

Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame; and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it; he was burned, but did not take it to heart.

O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

But for all this, her false sister Judah has not come back to me with all her heart, but with deceit, says the Lord.

For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.

Then certain of the responsible men of Israel came to me and took their seats before me.

And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.

And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.

Rules which are all to come to an end with their use after the orders and teaching of men?

Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and before Israel, and come back with me so that I may give worship to the Lord your God.




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