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Isaiah 65:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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; "
Isaiah 65:4
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2 I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;
4 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;
5 who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day.
6 “Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom
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Isaiah 65:1
"“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
Isaiah 65:2
"I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;"
Isaiah 65:3
"a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;"
Isaiah 65:5
"who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day."
Isaiah 65:6
"“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom"
Isaiah 65:7
"your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the LORD, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”"
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