Isaiah 65:3
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
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Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods , with abominations they provoked him to anger.
2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
Job 1:11But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Psalms 78:40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye 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 →