Isaiah 65:3

A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense upon altars of brick;

Updated King James Version

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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, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shall you make it.

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

2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

Job 1:11But put forth yours hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.

Psalms 78:40How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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