Isaiah 65:3-8
New King James Version
3 A people (A)who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;
(B)Who sacrifice in gardens,
And burn incense on altars of brick;
4 (C)Who sit among the graves,
And spend the night in the tombs;
(D)Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of [a]abominable things is in their vessels;
5 (E)Who say, ‘Keep to yourself,
Do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These [b]are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
6 “Behold, (F)it is written before Me:
(G)I will not keep silence, (H)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
7 Your iniquities and (I)the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says the Lord,
(J)“Who have burned incense on the mountains
(K)And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,
For (L)a blessing is in it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them (M)all.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:4 Unclean meats, Lev. 7:18; 19:7
- Isaiah 65:5 Cause My wrath to smoke
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