These people continually anger me
to my face,
sacrificing in gardens,(A)
burning incense on bricks,
sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,(B)
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.[a]
They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. 65:3–4 These vv. describe pagan worship.

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