Isaiah 65:4

They sit among the graves and keep watch all night, 1 and eat pork with the broth of foul meat in their dishes. 1

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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

3They are a people who continually offend me, 1 offering sacrifices in gardens, and burning incense on brick tiles. 1

5They say, 'Stand away, do not come near to me, for I am holier than you.' 1 These things are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day long. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:19You must bring the choicest firstfruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Leviticus 11:7The pig, although it has a split hoof, does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

Numbers 19:16Similarly, anyone outside a tent who touches someone who has been killed with a sword, any other dead body, a human bone, or a grave—that person will be unclean for seven days.

Deuteronomy 14:8The pig is unclean to you as well because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you. Do not eat pig meat, and do not touch their carcasses.

Deuteronomy 18:11any charmer, anyone who conjurs up spirits, or one who casts spells, or who talks with spirits of the dead.

Isaiah 66:17They consecrate themselves and make themselves pure, so they may enter the gardens, following the one in the middle of those who 1 eat the flesh of pig and abominable things like mice. + 66:17 This verse is very difficult, and modern versions provide various interpretations. 1 “They will come to an end—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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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