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# General Information:
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Here Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah, who had written scripture many years earlier.
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# with their lips
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Here "lips" is a metonym for speaking. Alternate translation: "by what they say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# but their heart is far from me
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Here "heart" refers to a person's thoughts or emotions. This is a way of saying the people are not truly devoted to God. Alternate translation: "but they do not really love me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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