Isaiah 65:5

If thou commest nye them, they say, touche me not, for I am holyer then thou: All these men when I am angry, shalbe turned to smoke and fire that shall burne for euer.

Bible (Bishops')

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

4They lurke among the groues, and lye in the dennes all night: they eate swines fleshe, and vncleane broth is in their vessels.

6Beholde, it is written before my face, and shall not be forgotten, but recompenced: I shall rewarde it them into their bosome.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:16These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:

Proverbs 16:5The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished.

Luke 5:30But they that were scribes and pharisees among them, murmured agaynst his disciples saying: Why do ye eate and drynke with publicanes and sinners?

Luke 15:2And the pharisees & scribes murmured, saying: he receaueth sinners, and eateth with them.

Luke 18:9And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other.

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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