Isaiah 65:11

But ye are they that forsake Hashem, 1 that forget My Har Kadosh, 1 that prepare a shulchan for Fortune, 1 and that furnish the drink offering for Destiny. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

In Context

10And Sharon shall be a meadow for tzon, 1 and the valley of Achor a place for the flock to lie down, 1 for Ami (My People) who seek Me. 1

12Therefore will I destine you for the cherev, 1 and ye shall all bow down to the slaughtering place; 1 because when I called, ye did not answer; 1 when I spoke, ye did not hear; 1 but did the rah before Mine eyes, 1 and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed unto shedim (demons), not to G-d; 1 to elohim whom they knew not, 1 to chadashim (new g-ds), new arrivals, 1 whom Avoteichem feared not. 1

1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Sh'lomo beni (my son), know thou the Elohei Avicha, and serve Him with a lev shalem and with a nefesh chafetzah (willing mind), for Hashem searcheth kol levavot, and understandeth all the yetzer machashavot. If thou seek Him, He will be found by thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off forever.

Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of the poshe'im and of the chote'im shall be together, 1 and they that forsake Hashem shall be consumed. 1

Isaiah 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kodesh; 1 for ha'aretz shall be full of the da'as Hashem, 1 as the mayim cover the sea.

Isaiah 57:5Enflaming yourselves among + 57:5 cult prostitution and Ba'al sympathetic magic in worshipping fertility elim (oaks, big trees) 1 under every spreading tree, 1 slaughtering the yeladim in the valleys 1 under the clefts of the rocks? 1

Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 1 and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; 1 and aphar shall be the lechem of the nachash. 1 They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kadosh, 1 saith Hashem. + 65:25 T.N. This last chapter makes a reference to Gehinnom and the just retribution coming

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:9-11

Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 706.) 8 Thus saith the Lord , As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought… Read the whole commentary →

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