Isaiah 65:3

A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 out My hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

4That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia-wood shalt thou make it.

Deuteronomy 32:16They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.

2 Kings 17:14notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in the LORD their God;

Job 1:11But put forth Thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

Psalms 78:40How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye 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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