Isaiah 65:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.”
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“sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”
King James Version · Public Domain“that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things--their vessels.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 65:4 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:26Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
- Leviticus 11:7And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
- Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
- Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.
- Deuteronomy 14:8Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
- Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 18:11casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
- Isaiah 66:3Whoever 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.
- Ezekiel 4:14“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Zechariah 9:7I will remove the blood from their mouthsand the abominations from between their teeth.Then they too will become a remnant for our God;they will become like a clan in Judah,and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
- Matthew 8:28When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
- Mark 5:2As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
- Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
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