Isaiah 65:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 65:4

sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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;

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;

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verses 4, 5.) Those who dwell in tombs and sleep in the temples of idols, who eat pork meat and unclean broth from their vessels, who say, 'Go away from me, do not come near me, for you are unclean.' LXX: They sleep in tombs and caves because of the nightmares, those who eat pork meat and the broth of sacrifices, all their vessels are profane. They say, 'Go far away from me, do not come near me, for I am clean.'

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Which remain among the graves - “For the purpose of evoking the dead. They lodged in desert places that demons might appear to them; for demons do appear in such places, to those who do believe in them.” - Kimchi. In the monuments “In the caverns” - בנצורים bannetsurim, a word of doubtful signification. An ancient MS. has בצורים batstsurim, another בצרים batstsurim, “in the rocks;” and Le Clec thinks the Septuagint had it so in their copy.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Jews, in our Lord's days, and ever since the return from Babylon, have been free from idolatry; still the imagery from idolatrous abominations, as being the sin most loathsome in God's eyes and that most prevalent in Isaiah's time, is employed to describe the foul sin of Israel in all ages, culminating in their killing Messiah, and still rejecting Him.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙	hai.yo.she.Vim	who sit	H3427 →
בַּקְּבָרִ֔ים	ba.ke.va.Rim	among the graves	H6913 →
וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים	u.va.ne.tzu.Rim	and in <the> secret places	H5341 →
יָלִ֑ינוּ	ya.Li.nu	they spend [the] night	H3885 →
הָאֹֽכְלִים֙	ha.'o.khe.Lim	who eat	H398 →
בְּשַׂ֣ר	be.Sar	[the] flesh of	H1320 →
הַחֲזִ֔יר	ha.cha.Zir	the pig	H2386 →
וּמְרַ֥ק	u.fe.rak	and broth of	H4839 →
פִּגֻּלִ֖ים	pi.gu.Lim	unclean meat<s>	H6292 →
כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃	ke.lei.Hem	[is] vessels their	H3627 →

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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
Isaiah 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…
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 15:8
  The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Amos 5:21–22
  “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Isaiah 1:11–15
  “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood…
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.
Through
Leviticus 11:7
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
leads to
- Isaiah 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 14:8
Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud.…
leads to
- Leviticus 11:26–27
  Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.