Isaiah 29:13
Context29:13 The sovereign master 1 says,
“These people say they are loyal to me; 2
they say wonderful things about me, 3
but they are not really loyal to me. 4
Their worship consists of
nothing but man-made ritual. 5
Matthew 15:7-9
Context15:7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
15:8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart 6 is far from me,
15:9 and they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” 7
Acts 28:25
Context28:25 So they began to leave, 8 unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors 9 through the prophet Isaiah
[29:13] 1 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).
[29:13] 2 tn Heb “Because these people draw near to me with their mouth.”
[29:13] 3 tn Heb “and with their lips they honor me.”
[29:13] 4 tn Heb “but their heart is far from me.” The heart is viewed here as the seat of the will, from which genuine loyalty derives.
[29:13] 5 tn Heb “their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught.”
[15:8] 6 tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.
[15:9] 7 sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.
[28:25] 8 tn The imperfect verb ἀπελύοντο (apeluonto) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.