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Isaiah 65:3

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

KJV

Populus qui ad iracundiam provocat me ante faciem meam semper ; qui immolant in hortis, et sacrificant super lateres ;

Vulgate

ὁ λαὸς οὗτος ὁ παροξύνων με ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ διὰ παντός· αὐτοὶ θυσιάζουσιν ἐν τοῖς κήποις καὶ θυμιῶσιν ἐπὶ ταῖς πλίνθοις τοῖς δαιμονίοις ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν,

LXX

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

ASV

הָ/עָ֗ם הַ/מַּכְעִיסִ֥ים אוֹתִ֛/י עַל פָּנַ֖/י תָּמִ֑יד זֹֽבְחִים֙ בַּ/גַּנּ֔וֹת וּֽ/מְקַטְּרִ֖ים עַל הַ/לְּבֵנִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גַנּ֔וֹת
gnvt
noun · 12×
י
y
noun · 1849×
לְבֵנִ֔ים
lbnym
noun · 11×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
נִי
ny
verb · 51×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:22 — And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
  • 2Kgs 17:14 — Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
  • 2Kgs 22:17 — Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, a
  • Deut 32:16 — They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
  • Deut 32:21 — They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t
  • Ezek 8:17 — Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O 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
  • Ezek 20:28 — For 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
  • Gen 11:3 — And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
  • Isa 1:29 — For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
  • Isa 1:29 — For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
  • Isa 3:8 — For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
  • Isa 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he
  • Isa 66:17 — They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
  • Isa 66:17 — They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 3:6 — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath pl
  • Jer 32:30 — For 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 the L
  • Job 1:11 — But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
  • Job 2:5 — But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
  • Ps 78:40 — How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
  • Ps 78:58 — For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.