Isaiah 65:3

Modern English Version

a people who provoke Me continually to My face, presenting sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;

Cross References

2 Kings 22:17

Because they have forsaken Me and have made offerings to other gods, so that they have provoked Me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore My wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:5

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

Psalm 78:40

How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked Him to anger with their high places and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be humiliated for the gardens that you have chosen.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their tongue and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory.

Isaiah 66:17

Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and abominable things, and mice shall be consumed together, says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:3

He who kills a bull is as if he kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood; he who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

Jeremiah 3:6

The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I had brought them into the land for which I lifted up My hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill and all the leafy trees, and there they offered their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their sweet aroma and there poured out their drink offerings.

Leviticus 17:5

This is so that the Israelites may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have made Me jealous with that which is not God; they have provoked Me to anger with their empty things. And I will make them jealous of those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.