who say, ‘Stay by yourself,
don’t come near to me,
for I am holier than you.’
These are smoke in my nose,
a fire that burns all day.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 65:5 in context
Isaiah 65:2–8
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I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
after their own thoughts;
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a people who provoke me to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens,
and burning incense on bricks;
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who sit among the graves,
and spend nights in secret places;
who eat pig’s meat,
and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
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who say, ‘Stay by yourself,
don’t come near to me,
for I am holier than you.’
These are smoke in my nose,
a fire that burns all day.
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“Behold, it is written before me:
I will not keep silence,
but will repay,
yes, I will repay into their bosom
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your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the LORD,
“who have burned incense on the mountains,
and blasphemed me on the hills.
Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”
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The LORD says,
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’
so I will do for my servants’ sake,
that I may not destroy them all.
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