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Isaiah 66

Isa. 66:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theyu that sanctify
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves, and purify
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves in the gardens
gannah (Hebrew #1593)
a garden
KJV usage: garden.
Pronounce: gan-naw'
Origin: feminine of 1588
ηbehind
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
tree in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
, eating
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
swine’s
chaziyr (Hebrew #2386)
a hog (perhaps as penned)
KJV usage: boar, swine.
Pronounce: khaz-eer'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to enclose
flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
, and the abomination
sheqets (Hebrew #8263)
filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
KJV usage: abominable(-tion).
Pronounce: sheh'-kets
Origin: from 8262
, and the mouse
`akbar (Hebrew #5909)
a mouse (as nibbling)
KJV usage: mouse.
Pronounce: ak-bawr'
Origin: probably from the same as 5908 in the secondary sense of attacking
, shall be consumed
cuwph (Hebrew #5486)
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
KJV usage: consume, have an end, perish, X be utterly.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: a primitive root
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Isa. 65:3‑4• 3the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;
 4who 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; (Isa. 65:3‑4)
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or, one after another.

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Flesh,
Garden; Gardener,
Mouse,
Sanctify,
Swine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sanctify.
Isa. 1:29• 29For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen. (Isa. 1:29)
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Isa. 65:3‑4• 3the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;
 4who 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; (Isa. 65:3‑4)
behind one tree in the midst.
or, one after another.eating.
Lev. 11:2‑8• 2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth.
 3Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts--that shall ye eat.
 4Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs--it shall be unclean unto you;
 5and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs--it shall be unclean unto you;
 6and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs--it shall be unclean unto you;
 7and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud--it shall be unclean unto you.
 8Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you. (Lev. 11:2‑8)
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Deut. 14:3‑8• 3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
 4These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;
 5the hart, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild sheep.
 6And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, and which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
 7Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs--they shall be unclean unto you;
 8and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud--it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch. (Deut. 14:3‑8)
• Verse 17 would indicate, we judge, that judgment will be specially severe against false religion against those who practice abominable things, of an idolatrous nature, while professing to sanctify and purify themselves by them. (“Isaiah 66” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind onea in the midst; that eat swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Possibly an idol.