Isaiah 65:3 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 65:3

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face,.... They committed their sins openly, without any fear of the divine Being, and in defiance of him, not at all awed by his omniscience and omnipresence; they committed them in the open streets, and even in the temple, the place of the divine residence; and these they did constantly, which provoked him to anger and wrath against them; particularly the following sins: that sacrificeth in gardens; to idols, as the Targum, placed there, as they were under every green tree; or in groves, where idols were worshipped.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A people - This verse contains a specification of the reasons why God had rejected them, and brought the calamities upon them. That provoketh me to anger - That is, by their sins. They give constant occasion for my indignation. Continually - (תמיד tâmı̂yd). It is not once merely, but their conduct as a people is constantly such as to excite my displeasure. To my face - There is no attempt at concealment. Their abominations are public.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

God was continually inviting them, and they continually offending Him (De 32:21). to my face--They made no attempt to hide their sin (Isa 3:9). Compare "before Me" (Ex 20:3). in gardens--(See on Isa 1:29; Le 17:5). altars of brick--Hebrew, "bricks." God had commanded His altars to be of unhewn stone (Ex 20:25).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָעָ֗ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
הַמַּכְעִיסִ֥ים	ha.makh.'i.Sim	who provoke to anger	H3707 →
אוֹתִ֛י	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פָּנַ֖י	pa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
תָּמִ֑יד	ta.Mid	continually	H8548 →
זֹֽבְחִים֙	zoe.Chim	[who] sacrifice	H2076 →
בַּגַּנּ֔וֹת	ba.ga.Not	in <the> gardens	H1593 →
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים	u.me.ka.te.Rim	and [who] make smoke	H6999 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃	ha.le.ve.Nim	the bricks	H3843 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 32:21
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…
leads to
- Romans 10:19
  I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
- Romans 9:25
  As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Romans 11:11–14
  I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- 1 Kings 16:26
  For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless…
- 1 Kings 16:13
  This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
Through
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.
leads to
- Isaiah 65:3–4
  to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
- Deuteronomy 14:3–8
  You must not eat any detestable thing.
- Isaiah 1:28–29
  But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.