Isaiah 65:3

to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

Berean Standard Bible

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

2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Psalms 78:40How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that 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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