Isaiah 65:3

to a people who provoke me to anger before my face continually, who immolate in the gardens, and who sacrifice upon the bricks.

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In The King James Version

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

In Context

2I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts,

4They live in sepulchers, and they sleep in the shrines of idols. They eat the flesh of swine, and a profane elixir is in their vessels.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1“You shall also make an altar, for the burning of incense, from setim wood,

Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked him with strange gods, and they stirred him to anger by their abominations.

2 Kings 17:14But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.

Job 1:11But extend your hand a little, and touch all that he possesses, and see if he still praises you to your face.”

Isaiah 1:29For they shall be confounded because of the idols, to which they have sacrificed. And you shall be ashamed over the gardens that you chose,

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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