And he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly of you hypocrites, as it is written, The Peopleahonor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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The nation of Israel was called “the People,” so it is appropriate to capitalize it when it refers to Israel.
Quoted from Isaiah 29:13.
“The People.” The text is more properly “This People.” The nation of Israel was called “the People,” so it is appropriate to capitalize it when it refers to Israel.
