Isaiah 29:13-14

Wherefore the Lord said— This second article is so connected with that preceding as to explain it. It contains the fault, Isaiah 29:13 and the punishment, Isaiah 29:14. Our prophet every where excellently sets forth both in his usual manner; for no colours can more fully express the state of the Jewish nation, according to what we learn of it from the gospel-history, than these words. Our Lord himself has quoted and applied them to the Pharisees of his times, and their deluded followers. See Matthew 15:8. Mark 7:6. Vitringa renders the last clause of the 13th verse, And the reverence with which they honour me consists in precepts taught by men. There needs no comment upon the 14th verse, more than what we have remarked in the former note. See St. Paul's application of it, 1 Corinthians 1:19.