Isaiah 65:3

A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face: that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts.

4That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1Thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense, of setim wood.

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

2 Kings 17:14And they hearkened not, but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers, who would not obey the Lord their God.

Job 1:11But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.

Psalms 78:40How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?

Isaiah 1:29For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.

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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