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Isaiah 65:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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 65:5

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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

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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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 65:4

"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;"

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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