Isaiah 65:3

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

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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

2I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

4who sit amongst the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.

Deuteronomy 32:16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.

2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck like the neck of their fathers who didn’t believe in the LORD their God.

Job 1:11But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

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

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

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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