And Adonaiוַ אֲדֹנָיsaid:יֹּאמֶר“Becauseיַעַן כִּיthis peopleהָעָם הַזֶּהdraws nearנִגַּשׁwith its mouth,בְּפִיוand with its lipsוּבִשְׂפָתָיוthey honor me,כִּבְּדוּנִיbut its heartוְלִבּוֹit has removed farרִחַקfrom me,מִמֶּנִּיand their fearוַ יִרְאָתָםof meאֹתִיisתְּהִיa commandmentמִצְוַתof menאֲנָשִׁיםlearned by rote,מְלֻמָּדָה
Quotation · Matthew 15:8-9
Go to Matthew 15:8-9Jesus quotes Isaiah 29:13. Where the Hebrew says “their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been learned,” Matthew says “in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”
Formula: καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας λέγων “Isaiah prophesied well about you, saying” (Matthew 15:7)
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Greek of the New Testament: Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי יַעַן כִּי נִגַּשׁ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּפִיו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו כִּבְּדוּנִי וְלִבּוֹ רִחַק מִמֶּנִּי וַתְּהִי יִרְאָתָם אֹתִי מִצְוַת אֲנָשִׁים מְלֻמָּדָה
Septuagint (Isaiah 29:13 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος Ἐγγίζει μοι ὃ λαὸς οὗτος, τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτῶν τιμῶσιν με, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ· μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων καὶ διδασκαλίας.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 13 consecutive words: “ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0
Quotation · Mark 7:6-7
Go to Mark 7:6-7Jesus quotes Isaiah 29:13. Where the Hebrew says “their fear of me is a commandment of men learned,” Mark says “in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”
Formula: καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἠσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν “Isaiah prophesied well about you” (Mark 7:6)
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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἠσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν τῶν ὑποκριτῶν ὡς γέγραπται ὅτι Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיֹּאמֶר אֲדֹנָי יַעַן כִּי נִגַּשׁ הָעָם הַזֶּה בְּפִיו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו כִּבְּדוּנִי וְלִבּוֹ רִחַק מִמֶּנִּי וַתְּהִי יִרְאָתָם אֹתִי מִצְוַת אֲנָשִׁים מְלֻמָּדָה
Septuagint (Isaiah 29:13 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος Ἐγγίζει μοι ὃ λαὸς οὗτος, τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτῶν τιμῶσιν με, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ· μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων καὶ διδασκαλίας.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 13 consecutive words: “ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0