Commentary for Isaiah 29:13
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י יַ֚עַן כִּ֤י נִגַּשׁ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה בְּפִ֤יו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙ כִּבְּד֔וּנִי וְלִבּ֖וֹ רִחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי וַתְּהִ֤י יִרְאָתָם֙ אֹתִ֔י מִצְוַ֥ת אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְלֻמָּדָֽה׃
And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, But have removed their heart far from Me, And their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
Rashi on Isaiah
Because this people has come near Jonathan renders: Because this people has aggrandized itself. I.e., they have come near to raise themselves up to the heavens. They show themselves as though honoring Me with mouth and lip, but their heart they have drawn far away from Me.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נגש He vexeth himself.19A. V., Draw near. Our editions have נִגַּשׂ; I. E. read נִגַּשׂ, which seems to be right according to the Masora. See Kimchi ad locum. Comp. והנגשים the taskmasters (Exod. 5:13). It is Niph.—They will afflict themselves in vain with fasting.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and their fear of Me has become not wholehearted, but by the command of the people who teach them, they show themselves as humbled before Him in order to entice Him with your mouth.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
בפיו With his mouth. With the mouth of each of them.20See I. E. on 3:12.
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מלמדה Accustomed.21A. V., Taught. Comp. לא למד unaccustomed, (Jer. 31:18)
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