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Isa. 65:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A people that provokethp me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificethr in gardens, and burneth incense upon λaltars of brick;

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Deut. 32:21• ²¹{i}They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God;{HR}They have exasperated me with their vanities;{HR}And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people;{HR}With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:21)

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Lev. 17:5• ⁵to the end that the children of Israel bring their sacrifices which they sacrifice in the open field, that they bring them to Jehovah, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah. (Lev. 17:5)

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A people.

Isa. 3:8• ⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. (Isa. 3:8)

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Deut. 32:16‑19,21• ¹⁶{i}They moved him to jealousy with strange gods,{HR}With abominations did they provoke him to anger.{HR}{/i}
¹⁷{i}They sacrificed unto demons who are not God;{/i}{HR}To gods whom they knew not,{HR}To new gods that came newly up,{HR}Whom your fathers feared not.
¹⁸Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,{HR}And hast forgotten God that formed thee.
¹⁹{i}And Jehovah saw it, and despised them,{HR}Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.{HR}{/i}
²¹{i}They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God;{HR}They have exasperated me with their vanities;{HR}And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people;{HR}With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:16‑19,21)

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2 Kings 17:14‑17• ¹⁴{i}But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.{/i}
¹⁶{i}And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;{/i}
¹⁷{i}and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i} (2 Kings 17:14‑17)

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2 Kings 22:17• ¹⁷{i}Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.{/i} (2 Kings 22:17)

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Psa. 78:40,58• ⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness{HR}And grieve him in the desert!
⁵⁸And they provoked him to anger with their high places,{HR}And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psa. 78:40,58)

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Jer. 32:30‑35• ³⁰For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.
³¹For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
³²because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
³³And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
³⁴But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
³⁵And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. (Jer. 32:30‑35)

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Ezek. 8:17‑18• ¹⁷Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, Ο son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
¹⁸Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. (Ezek. 8:17‑18)

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Matt. 23:32‑36• ³²{i}and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.{/i}
³³{i}Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?{/i}
³⁴{i}Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;{/i}
³⁵{i}so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.{/i}
³⁶{i}Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.{/i} (Matt. 23:32‑36)

to my face.

Job 1:11• ¹¹but put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath — will he not curse thee to thy face. (Job 1:11)

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Job 2:5• ⁵But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh — if he will not curse thee to thy face? (Job 2:5)

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Isa. 1:29• ²⁹For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen. (Isa. 1:29)

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Isa. 66:17• ¹⁷They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 66:17)

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Lev. 17:5• ⁵to the end that the children of Israel bring their sacrifices which they sacrifice in the open field, that they bring them to Jehovah, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah. (Lev. 17:5)

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Jer. 3:6• ⁶{i}And Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? She hath gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication.{/i} (Jer. 3:6)

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Ezek. 20:28• ²⁸For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation to their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. (Ezek. 20:28)

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Heb. bricks.

Ex. 20:24‑25• ²⁴{i}An altar of earth shalt thou make unto me, and shalt sacrifice on it thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep and thine oxen: in all places where I shall make my name to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and bless thee.{/i}
²⁵{i}And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.{/i} (Ex. 20:24‑25)

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Ex. 30:1‑10• ¹{i}And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;{/i}
²{i}a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof—square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.{/i}
³{i}And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.{/i}
⁴{i}And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it under its border; by its two corners shalt thou make them, on the two sides thereof; and they shall be for receptacles for the staves, with which to carry it.{/i}
⁵{i}And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.{/i}
⁶{i}And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.{/i}
⁷{i}And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.{/i}
⁸{i}And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense—a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.{/i}
⁹{i}Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And Aaron shall make atonement for its horns once in the year: with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement shall he make atonement for it, once in the year, throughout your generations: it is most holy to Jehovah.{/i} (Ex. 30:1‑10)

• The following verses lay specific evils to their charge. (“Isaiah 65” by F.B. Hole)

• The evil ways of Israel were largely connected with idolatrous practices, as verses 3-7 show. The opening words of Deuteronomy 12 are, “These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land”, and there follow prohibitions against the high places and groves, or gardens, and altars which the heathen nations had made. (“Isaiah 65” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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The people that provoke me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon the bricks;