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Isa. 65:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that νtroop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that πnumber.

ν

or, Gad.

π

or, Meni.

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Drink Offerings,

Mountain Mount,

Offering; Offering Up,

Table

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they that.

Isa. 1:28• ²⁸But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners [shall be] together; and those that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed. (Isa. 1:28)

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Deut. 29:25• ²⁵And men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah the God of their fathers, which he had made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt; (Deut. 29:25)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off forever. (1 Chron. 28:9)

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Jer. 17:13• ¹³Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters. (Jer. 17:13)

my holy.

Isa. 65:25• ²⁵The wolf and the lamb shall feed as one, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox: and dust [shall be] the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 65:25)

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Isa. 2:2• ²And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it. (Isa. 2:2)

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Isa. 11:9• ⁹They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:9)

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Isa. 56:7• ⁷even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. (Isa. 56:7)

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Isa. 57:13• ¹³When thou criest, let them whom thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry [them] all away: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain. (Isa. 57:13)

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Psa. 132:13• ¹³For Jehovah hath chosen (in) Zion;{HR}He hath desired [it] for his dwelling: (Psa. 132:13)

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Heb. 12:22• ²²But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage; (Heb. 12:22)

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Rev. 21:2‑3• ²And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
³And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:2‑3)

prepare.

Isa. 57:5‑10• ⁵inflaming yourselves among the oaks under every green tree; slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
⁶Among the smooth [stones] of the valley [is] thy portion; they, they [are] thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?
⁷Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
⁸And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered [thyself] apart from me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee [a covenant] with them; thou lovedst their bed, thou sawest their nakedness.
⁹And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase [thyself] unto Sheol.
¹⁰Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; thou saidst not, There is no hope. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint. (Isa. 57:5‑10)

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Deut. 32:17• ¹⁷They sacrificed unto demons who are not God;{HR}To gods whom they knew not,{HR}To new gods that came newly up,{HR}Whom your fathers feared not. (Deut. 32:17)

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Jer. 2:28• ²⁸Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah. (Jer. 2:28)

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Ezek. 23:41‑42• ⁴¹and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil.
⁴²And the voice of a multitude living carelessly was with her; and with people of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, and they put bracelets upon their hands, and a beautiful crown upon their heads. (Ezek. 23:41‑42)

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1 Cor. 10:20‑21• ²⁰but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons.
²¹Ye cannot drink [the] Lord's cup, and a cup of demons; ye cannot partake of [the] Lord's table, and of a table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:20‑21)

troop.

or, Gad.

number.

or, Meni.

• And to what had they turned? The rest of the verse reveals it, though the translation is rather obscure. In Darby’s New Translation we find “Gad” substituted for “that troop”, and “Meni” for “that number”, with footnotes giving an explanation to the effect that the former word indicates “Fortune, or the planet Jupiter”, and the latter word “Number, or Fate, or the planet Venus”. (“Isaiah 65” by F.B. Hole)

• If things went well it was Fortune. If badly, it was Fate. In the minds of the people these were deities to whom they made offerings of food and drink. (“Isaiah 65” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But ye who forsake Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gadc, and fill up mixed wine unto Menid:

JND Translation Notes

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c

Fortune, or planet Jupiter.

d

Number, or Fate, or planet Venus.

W. Kelly Translation

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But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Gada, and fill up mixed wine unto Menib,

WK Translation Notes

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a

These idolatrous objects have been contested not little, some arguing for Baal and Ashtoreth, or Sun and Moon, others for the planets Jupiter and Venus, as others again for Chines and Fate. Gad means a troop, and Meni number.

b

See note above.