Isaiah 65:5

Which say, Stand apart, come not neere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath and a fire that burneth all the day.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

In Context

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

6Beholde, it is written before me: I wil not keepe silence, but will render it and recompense it into their bosome.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be mercifull vnto him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his ielousie shall smoke against that man, and euery curse that is written in this booke, shall light vpon him, and the Lord shall put out his name from vnder heauen,

Proverbs 6:16These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

Proverbs 16:5All that are proude in heart, are an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not be vnpunished.

Luke 5:30But they that were Scribes and Pharises among them, murmured against his disciples, saying, Why eate ye and drinke ye with Publicanes and sinners?

Luke 15:2Therefore the Pharises and Scribes murmured, saying, Hee receiueth sinners, and eateth with them.

Luke 18:9He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despised other.

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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