Isaiah 65:3-5 A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense on altars of brick;… By rejecting His love with stiff-necked obstinacy, they have incurred wrath, which, though long and patiently restrained, now bursts out with uncontrolled violence. "The people that continually provokes Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens, and burning incense on the tiles, who sit in vaults and pass the night in retired places, who eat flesh of swine, and broken pieces of abominable things are in their dishes, who say: Halt: Come not too near me! For I am holy to thee, — these are a smoke in My nose, a fire blazing continually." (F. Delitzsch, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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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