“a people who provoke me to my face continually,sacrificing in gardens,and burning incense on bricks;”
Isaiah 65:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask.I am found by those who didn’t seek me.I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name. 2I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people,who walk in a way that is not good,after their own thoughts; 3a people who provoke me to my face continually,sacrificing in gardens,and burning incense on bricks; 4who sit among the graves,and spend nights in secret places;who eat pig’s meat,and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5who 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.