A people who continually (A)provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in (B)gardens and (C)burning incense on bricks;
Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who (D)eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
“Who say, ‘(E)Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My [a]nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:5 Lit nose

a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(A)
offering sacrifices in gardens(B)
    and burning incense(C) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(D)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(E)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(F) for you!’
Such people are smoke(G) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

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