Isaiah 66:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““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.”
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““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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 66:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:2“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
- Leviticus 11:29The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
- Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.
- Isaiah 1:28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
- Isaiah 13:9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
- Isaiah 65:3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
- Isaiah 65:4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
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