Isaiah 65:3-5

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These people continually provoke Me
to My face,
sacrificing in gardens,^(A)
burning incense on bricks,

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sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,^(B)
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.^(a)

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They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 65:4: These vv. describe pagan worship.

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 65:3: Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 66:17

B. Isaiah 65:4: Leviticus 11:7; Isaiah 66:3; Isaiah 66:17