Isaiah 65:5

\64:6\For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

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In The King James Version

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

In Context

4\64:5\Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.

6\64:7\And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.

Proverbs 6:16Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

Proverbs 16:5Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

Luke 5:30And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

Luke 18:9And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:2-8

The Conversion of the Gentiles; The Wickedness of the Jews; The Rejection of the Jews. ( b. c. 706.) 1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars… Read the whole commentary →

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