Isaiah 65:5

הָאֹֽמְרִים קְרַב אֵלֶיךָ אַל ־ תִּגַּשׁ ־ בִּי כִּי קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ אֵלֶּה עָשָׁן בְּאַפִּי אֵשׁ יֹקֶדֶת כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים בַּקְּבָרִים וּבַנְּצוּרִים יָלִינוּ הָאֹֽכְלִים בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר ופרק פִּגֻּלִים כְּלֵיהֶֽם ׃

6הִנֵּה כְתוּבָה לְפָנָי לֹא אֶחֱשֶׂה כִּי אִם ־ שִׁלַּמְתִּי וְשִׁלַּמְתִּי עַל ־ חֵיקָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:20וְהִבְדִּילוֹ יְהוָה לְרָעָה מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אָלוֹת הַבְּרִית הַכְּתוּבָה בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּֽה ׃

Proverbs 6:16שֶׁשׁ ־ הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יְהוָה וְשֶׁבַע תועבות נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

Proverbs 16:5תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה כָּל ־ גְּבַהּ ־ לֵב יָד לְיָד לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה ׃

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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