Isaiah 29:13 meaning and explanation

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Isaiah 29:13, Berean Standard Bible

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The Lord speaks through Isaiah to the people of Judah, who keep up the forms of worship while their hearts are far from God. The charge is not that ritual is wrong in itself but that it has become a humanly devised performance, a set of rules taught by men rather than a response of love and trust.

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