Isaiah 65:3

A people that prouoked me euer vnto my face: that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense vpon brickes.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 haue spred out mine handes all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walked in a way that was not good, euen after their owne imaginations:

4Which remaine among the graues, and lodge in the desarts, which eate swines flesh, and the broth of things polluted are in their vessels.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1Fvrthermore thou shalt make an altar for sweete perfume, of Shittim wood thou shalt make it.

Deuteronomy 32:16They prouoked him with strange gods: they prouoked him to anger with abominations.

2 Kings 17:14Neuerthelesse they would not obey, but hardened their neckes, like to the neckes of their fathers, that did not beleeue in the Lord their God.

Job 1:11But stretch out now thine hand and touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

Psalms 78:40How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernes? and grieue him in the desert?

Isaiah 1:29For they shalbe confounded for the okes, which ye haue desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue 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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