Isaiah 65:3

a people who provoke me to my face continually, 2 sacrificing in gardens, 2 and burning incense on bricks; 1

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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

2+ 65:2. MP: Messiah reaches out to rebellious Israel. (John 5:37-40) I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, + 65:2. Quoted in Rom 10:21 2 who walk in a way that is not good, 2 after their own thoughts; 2 don’t come near to me, 1

4who sit among the graves, 2 and spend nights in secret places; 1 who eat pig’s meat, 2 and their pots hold soup made of disgusting things; 1

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1“You shall make an altar to burn incense + 30:1. Quoted in Heb 9:4 on. You shall make it of acacia wood.

Deuteronomy 32:16They moved him to jealousy with strange deities. 2 They provoked him to anger with abominations. 1

Psalms 78:40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, 2 and grieved him in the desert! 1

Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, 2 and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. 1

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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