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Isaiah 65:5 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 65 · verse 5
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.Isaiah 65:5 · King James Version
Isaiah 65:5 in context
3A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
7Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
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Key words (Strong's)
- burnethyâqadto burnH3344 →
- holierqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- Standqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- smokeʻâshânsmoke, literally or figurativelyH6227 →
- nearnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- noseʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
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The apostle Paul (an expositor we may depend upon) has given us the true sense of these verses, and told us what was the event they pointed at and were fulfilled in, namely, the calling in of the Gentiles and the rejection of the Jews, by the preaching of the gospel, Rom 10:20, Rom 10:21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7