to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, Cross References Job 1:11 But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face." Job 2:5 But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face." Psalm 78:58 They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. Isaiah 1:29 Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen. Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence. Isaiah 66:3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig's blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. Isaiah 66:17 "Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves--to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats--will perish together," declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense on altars of brick; a people Isaiah 3:8 Deuteronomy 32:16-19,21 2 Kings 17:14-17 to my face Job 1:11 Job 2:5 that sacrificeth Isaiah 1:29 Isaiah 66:17 Leviticus 17:5 altars. Exodus 20:24,25 Exodus 30:1-10 |