Isaiah 65:4

Isaiah 65:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
• English Standard Version (ESV)who sit in tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
• New Living Translation (NLT)At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods.

Context of Isaiah 65:4

2All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations— 3a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick; who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of impure meat; 5who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day. 6“See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps—

Isaiah 65:4 word by word

הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בַּקְּבָרִ֔ים וּבַנְּצוּרִ֖ים יָלִ֑ינוּ הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ בְּשַׂ֣ר הַחֲזִ֔יר וּמְרַ֥ק פִּגֻּלִ֖ים כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Which remainיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• among the gravesקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• and lodgeלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• in the monumentsנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• which eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• swine’sחֲזִירchăzîyr · swineH2386
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and brothפָּרָקpârâq · brothH6564
• and brothמָרָקmârâq · brothH4839
• of abominableפִּגּוּלpiggûl piggûl · refuseH6292
• their vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:4

• Numbers 19:11“Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days.
• Deuteronomy 18:11or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
• Matthew 8:28When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
• Mark 5:2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
• 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 clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.
• Isaiah 66:3But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;
• Leviticus 11:7And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
• Deuteronomy 14:8The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
• Exodus 23:19“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Exodus 34:26“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
• Deuteronomy 14:3Do not eat any detestable thing.
• Ezekiel 4:14Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Which remain among the graves - "For the purpose of evoking the dead. They lodged in desert places that demons might appear to them; for demons do appear in such places, to those who do believe in them." - Kimchi. In the monuments "In the caverns" - בנצורים bannetsurim, a word of doubtful signification. An ancient MS. has בצורים batstsurim, another בצרים batstsurim, "in the rocks;" and Le Clec thinks the Septuagint had it so in their copy. They render it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Which remain among the graves - That is, evidently for purposes of necromancy and divination. They do it to appear to hold converse with the dead, and to receive communications from them. The idea in necromancy was, that departed spirits must be acquainted with future events, or at least with the secret things of the invisible world where they dwelt, and that certain persons, by various arts, could become intimate with them, or familiar‘ with them, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4spending nights in secret places: God had banned the practice of necromancy (consulting dead spirits; see Isaiah 8:19–22; 47:9; Deuteronomy 18:9–11). the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls: See Isaiah 66:3–4; Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:3, 8.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. remain among ... graves--namely, for purposes of necromancy, as if to hold converse with the dead (Is 8:19, 20; compare Mr 5:3); or, for the sake of purifications, usually performed at night among sepulchres, to appease the manes [Maurer]. monuments--Hebrew, "pass the night in hidden recesses," either the idol's inmost shrines ("consecrated precincts") [Horsley], where they used to sleep, in order to have divine communications in dreams [Jerome]; or…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:4

• Broth
• Burial
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Idolatry
• Self-Righteousness
• Swine

In the dictionaries

• Boar
• Cry
• Sought
• Swine
• Thence
• Abomination
• Broth
• Divination
• Isaiah
• Monument

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings