Isaiah 66:17

They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine’s flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord.

18And I know their works and their imagination. I am going to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:29And these are unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,

Isaiah 1:28And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.

Isaiah 65:3This is the people that provokes me continually in my presence; they offer sacrifices in gardens, and burn incense on bricks to devils, which exist not.

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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