Isaiah 65:3

Judgment And Salvation

² “I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,
³ A people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks;
⁴ Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.

All Day Long

Burn Incense

Burns Incense

Provoke Me

Isaiah 1:29

Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.

Job 1:11

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Isaiah 66:17

“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens,
Following one in the center,
Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things and mice,
Will come to an end altogether,” declares the Lord.

Job 2:5

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord,
To rebel against His glorious presence.

Exodus 20:24-25

You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

Exodus 30:1-10

“Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

Leviticus 17:5

The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the Lord, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:16-19

“They made Him jealous with strange gods;
With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:21

‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

2 Kings 17:14-17

However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.

2 Kings 22:17

Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’

Psalm 78:40

How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked Him with their high places
And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

Jeremiah 3:6

Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

Jeremiah 32:30-35

Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 8:17-18

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.

Matthew 23:32-36

Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.