Isaiah 65:3

The people who are provoking me to anger to my face continually,—Sacrificing in gardens, and Burning incense upon bricks;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 the day, Unto a rebellious people,—Who walk In the way that is not good, After their own devices.

4Who tarry among graves, And in the secret places, do lodge, Who eat the flesh of swine, And the broth of refuse things is in their vessels,—

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it:

Deuteronomy 32:16They moved him to jealousy with foreign [gods],—With abominations, angered they him:

2 Kings 17:14Howbeit they hearkened not,—but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who trusted not in Yahweh their God;

Job 1:11But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

Psalms 78:40How often they, Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him, in the waste:

Isaiah 1:29For they shall turn pale on account of the oaks which ye desired,—And ye shall blush on account of the gardens which ye had 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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