Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of impure meat; New Living Translation At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods. English Standard Version who sit in tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig’s flesh, and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels; Berean Standard Bible sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. King James Bible Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; New King James Version Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; New American Standard Bible Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places; Who eat pig’s flesh, And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots. NASB 1995 Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots. NASB 1977 Who sit among graves, and spend the night in secret places; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots. Legacy Standard Bible Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places, Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots, Amplified Bible Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell]; Who eat swine’s flesh, And their pots hold the broth of unclean meat; Christian Standard Bible sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs, and putting polluted broth in their bowls. Holman Christian Standard Bible sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs, and putting polluted broth in their bowls. American Standard Version that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Contemporary English Version They spend their nights hiding in burial caves; they eat the meat of pigs, cooked in sauces made of stuff unfit to eat. English Revised Version which sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; GOD'S WORD® Translation They sat among the graves and spent their nights in caves. They ate pork and in their pots made broth from unclean foods. Good News Translation At night they go to caves and tombs to consult the spirits of the dead. They eat pork and drink broth made from meat offered in pagan sacrifices. International Standard Version who sit among graves, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pigs' meat, with the broth of detestable things in their pots; Majority Standard Bible sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. NET Bible They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans. New Heart English Bible who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Webster's Bible Translation Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; World English Bible who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWho are dwelling among tombs, "" And lodge in reserved places, "" Who are eating flesh of the sow, "" And a piece of abominations—their vessels. Young's Literal Translation Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things -- their vessels. Smith's Literal Translation Dwelling among the graves, and they will lodge among the watchers, eating swine's flesh, and broth of unclean things in their vessels. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThat dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels. Catholic Public Domain Version They live in sepulchers, and they sleep in the shrines of idols. They eat the flesh of swine, and a profane elixir is in their vessels. New American Bible Sitting in tombs and spending the night in caves, Eating the flesh of pigs, with broth of unclean meat in their dishes; New Revised Standard Version who sit inside tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat swine’s flesh, with broth of abominable things in their vessels; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho sit in tombs and lodge in caves, who eat swine's flesh and pollute their vessels with unclean carcasses; to break the law and to defile the holy covenant, that they may provoke the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they sit in graves and lodge in caves and eat meat of pigs and they pollute their garments with corpses to violate the Law, and to defile the holy covenant that they would anger LORD JEHOVAH OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917That sit among the graves, And lodge in the vaults; That eat swine's flesh, And broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Brenton Septuagint Translation They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams, even they that eat swine's flesh, and the broth of their sacrifices: all their vessels are defiled: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgments and Promises…3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, 4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. 5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.… Cross References Leviticus 11:7-8 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. / You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. Deuteronomy 14:8 as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. Isaiah 66:17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 4:14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.” Acts 10:14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” Acts 10:28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean. Acts 11:8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 2 Corinthians 6:17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” Leviticus 7:18-21 If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. / Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it. / But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people. ... Leviticus 17:10-15 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people. / For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. / Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ ... Leviticus 19:26 You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, / casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. / For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you. 1 Samuel 28:7-9 Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied. / So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.” / But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?” 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 2 Chronicles 33:6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Treasury of Scripture Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; remain Numbers 19:11,16-20 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days… Deuteronomy 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Matthew 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. which eat Isaiah 66:3,17 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations… Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Deuteronomy 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. broth, or, pieces Exodus 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Exodus 34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Deuteronomy 14:3,21 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing… Jump to Previous Abominable Broth Disgusting Dwelling Eat Flesh Food Graves Keeping Lodge Meat Monuments Night Nights Pigs Pig's Places Pots Reserved Resting-Places Seated Secret Sepulchres Sit Spend Swine's Tombs Unclean Vaults Vessels VigilJump to Next Abominable Broth Disgusting Dwelling Eat Flesh Food Graves Keeping Lodge Meat Monuments Night Nights Pigs Pig's Places Pots Reserved Resting-Places Seated Secret Sepulchres Sit Spend Swine's Tombs Unclean Vaults Vessels VigilIsaiah 65 1. The calling of the Gentiles, 2. and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy 8. A remnant shall be saved 11. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly 17. The blessed state of the new Jerusalem They sit among the graves This phrase evokes imagery of practices associated with necromancy or seeking the dead, which were strictly forbidden in Israelite law (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). The Hebrew word for "graves" (קְבָרִים, qebarim) suggests a place of death and impurity. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, graves were often seen as places where one could commune with spirits, a practice that was an abomination to God. This highlights the spiritual decay and rebellion of the people, as they turn to forbidden practices instead of seeking the living God. they spend the night in secret places they eat the meat of pigs and their pots hold broth of unclean meat Lodge in the monuments . . .--Here, again, the words probably point to practices more or less idolatrous, and common among the heathen of the time. Jerome (in loc.) notes the fact that men went to sleep in the crypts of the Temple of 'sculapius, in the hope of gaining visions of the future, and translates in delubris idolorum. Which eat swine's flesh.--The flesh of swine was apparently forbidden, not on sanitary grounds only or chiefly, but because that animal was sacrificed in the festivals of Thammuz (Ezekiel 8:14), or Adonis. (Comp. Isaiah 66:17.) It may be noted, as against the view that the verse points to the practices of the Babylonian exiles, that no reference to swine has been found in any cuneiform inscriptions. In Egypt, as in Palestine, it was looked upon as unclean (Herod. ii. 47, 48). On the worship of Thammuz, see an article by the Rev. A. H. Sayce, in the Contemporary Review for September, 1883. . . . Verse 4. - Which remain among the graves. The rock tombs of Palestine seem to be meant. Persons "remained among" these, in spite of the ceremonial defilement thereby incurred, either with the object of raising the dead, and obtaining prophecies from them, or of getting prophetic intimations made to them in dreams (see Jerome's 'Comment.,' ad loc.). And lodge in the monuments; or, in the crypts. "N'tsurim may refer to the mysteries celebrated in natural caves and artificial crypts" (Delitzsch). An account of such mysteries is given by Chwolsohn in his' Die Ssabier und der Ssabismus,' vol. it. pp. 332, et seq. Which eat swine's flesh. Not in mere defiance of the Law, but in sacrificial meals (Isaiah 66:17) of which swine's flesh formed a part. Swine were sacrificial animals in Egypt (Herod., 2:47, 48), in Phoenicia (Lucian, 'De Dea Syra,' § 54), and with the Greeks and Romans. They do not appear to have been employed for the purpose either by the Assyrians or the Babylonians. It was probably in Palestine that the Jews had eaten "swine's flesh," at sacrifices to Baal or Astarte (Ashtoreth). In later times to do so was regarded as one of the worst abominations (1 Macc. 1:41-64; 2 Macc, 6. and 7.). Broth of abominable things. Either broth made from swine's flesh, or from the flesh of other unclean animals, as the hare and rabbit (Leviticus 11:5, 6), or perhaps simply broth made from the flesh of any animals that had been offered to idols (Acts 15:29).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew sittingהַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry among the graves, בַּקְּבָרִ֔ים (baq·qə·ḇā·rîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6913: A grave, sepulcher spending nights יָלִ֑ינוּ (yā·lî·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate in secret places, וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים (ū·ḇan·nə·ṣū·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep eating הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ (hā·’ō·ḵə·lîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 398: To eat the meat בְּשַׂ֣ר (bə·śar) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man of pigs הַחֲזִ֔יר (ha·ḥă·zîr) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2386: Swine, boar and polluted broth פִּגֻּלִ֖ים (pig·gu·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6292: Foul thing, refuse from their bowls. כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃ (kə·lê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus Links Isaiah 65:4 NIVIsaiah 65:4 NLT Isaiah 65:4 ESV Isaiah 65:4 NASB Isaiah 65:4 KJV Isaiah 65:4 BibleApps.com Isaiah 65:4 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 65:4 Chinese Bible Isaiah 65:4 French Bible Isaiah 65:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 65:4 Who sit among the graves and lodge (Isa Isi Is) |
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