Isaiah 65:3 “to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the…”

Isaiah 65:3

to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

World English Bible

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;

American Standard Version

a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;

Geneva Bible 1599

A people that prouoked me euer vnto my face: that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense vpon brickes.

Darby Translation

the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;

Young's Literal Translation

The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks:

Bible in Basic English

A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.

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Cross references

“A people”

Deuteronomy 32:21 Isaiah 3:8 Deuteronomy 32:16–19 2 Kings 17:14–17 Jeremiah 32:30–35 2 Kings 22:17

Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understandin…

Isaiah 3:8 · BSB

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

Deuteronomy 32:16–19 · BSB

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

2 Kings 17:14–17 · BSB

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 32:30–35 · BSB

For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

2 Kings 22:17 · BSB

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

“to my face”

Job 1:11 Job 2:5

Job 1:11 · BSB

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:5 · BSB

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

“that sacrificeth”

Isaiah 1:29 Isaiah 66:17 Jeremiah 3:6 Ezekiel 20:28 Leviticus 17:5

Isaiah 1:29 · BSB

Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

Isaiah 66:17 · BSB

“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.

Jeremiah 3:6 · BSB

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Ezekiel 20:28 · BSB

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured…

Leviticus 17:5 · BSB

For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of…

“altars”

Exodus 30:1–10 Exodus 20:24 Exodus 20:25

Exodus 30:1–10 · BSB

“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

Exodus 20:24 · BSB

You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless…

Exodus 20:25 · BSB

Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

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