Isaiah 65:4

Which remain among the kevarim, 1 and spend the night in closed places, 1 which eat basar hachazir, 1 and broth of piggulim + 65:4 Lv 7:18 (unclean meat) in their vessels; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

In Context

3HaAm that provoketh Me to anger 1 continually to My face; 1 that sacrificeth in ganot (gardens), 1 and burneth sacrifices upon brick; 1

5Which say: Stand by thyself, come not near to me; 1 for I am kadosh to thee (holier than thou). 1 These are a smoke in My nose, 1 an eish that burneth kol hayom. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:19The reshit bikkurim of thy land thou shalt bring into the Bais Hashem Eloheicha. + 23:19 See Ac 2 Thou shalt not cook a kid in his motherʼs cholov.

Leviticus 11:7And the chazir (swine), though he separate the hoof, and be separated into double hooves, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is tamei to you.

Numbers 19:16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a cherev in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a kever, shall be tamei seven days.

Deuteronomy 14:8And the chazir, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is tameh (unclean) unto you; ye shall not eat of their basar, nor touch their nevelah (dead carcass).

Deuteronomy 18:11Or one who casts spells, or one who inquires of a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a doresh el hamesim (a consulter of the dead ones, i.e., a necromancer).

Isaiah 66:17They that set themselves apart as kodesh, and purify themselves to go into the ganot, following the one in the midst, eating basar hachazir, and the sheketz, and the akhbar (mouse), shall be consumed together, saith Hashem.

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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