Isaiah 65:4
2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
3 to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
6 Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
- KJV
- Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- WEB
- 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;
- ASV
- that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine`s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- DARBY
- who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things [is in] their vessels;
- BLB
- sitting among the graves and spending nights in lookouts, those eating the flesh of swine and the broth of of abominations [in] their vessels;
- ÅB
- som sitter i gravene og overnatter i avkrokene, som spiser svinekjøtt, og hvis kar er fulle av avskyelig suppe,
- OTB
- som sitter blant gravene og tilbringer natten på hemmelige steder; som spiser svinekjøtt, og hvis gryter inneholder kraft av urent kjøtt;
- B1930
- som sitter i gravene og overnatter i avkrokene, som eter svinekjøtt, og hvis kar er fulle av vederstyggelig suppe,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 66:17
“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.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:7
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:8
as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Read in contextMatthew 8:28
When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:11
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
Read in contextEzekiel 4:14
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
Read in contextMark 5:2–5
As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
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