Isaiah 66:17

They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

In Context

16For by fire will the LORD contend, and by His sword with all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

18For I know their works and their thoughts; the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see My glory.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:29And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,

Isaiah 1:28But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

Isaiah 65:3A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks;

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:16-24

Divine Judgment; Judgment and Mercy; The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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