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Verse Isaiah 65:4. _WHICH 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 w...
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WHICH 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...
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CHAPTER 65
Jehovah's Answer: The Rebellious and Their Judgment,
the Faithful and Their Blessings
1. _The divine rebuke to the apostates (Isaiah 65:1) _ 2. _The elect
seed (Isaiah 65:9) _ 3. The judg...
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RETRIBUTION AWAITS THOSE WHO CLING TO THE OLD RITUAL PRACTICES AND
REFUSE TO ADHERE TO THE REFORMED RELIGION. Yahweh declares His
readiness to respond to this people, but they would not approach Him
o...
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GRAVES. tombs. Hebrew. _keber._ App-35.
MONUMENTS. secret places. Probably in heathen temples.
EAT SWINE'S FLESH. Reference to Pentateuch, where this was forbidden
(Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8)....
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Description of their illegal and superstitious cults....
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The first two lines read:
WHO SIT IN THE GRAVES,
AND PASS THE NIGHT IN SECRET (lit. guarded) PLACES.
The practice of "sitting in graves" is undoubtedly rooted in the
worship of ancestors (Schwall...
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THAT SACRIFICETH IN GARDENS, &C.— The superstition of the Jews is
here reproved: the passage is not to be understood literally, but
mystically (see ch. Isaiah 66:17.); the prophet herein figuratively...
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E. REFINING OF ZION, CHAPTER 65
1. CLEANSED
TEXT: Isaiah 65:1-12
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I am inquired of by them that asked not for me; I am found of them
that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation...
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Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
WHICH REMAIN AMONG THE GRAVES - namely, for purposes of necro...
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MONUMENTS] RV 'secret places.' The v. alludes to the custom of
sleeping in sepulchres or vaults of idol temples to learn the future
through dreams. EAT SWINE'S FLESH] i.e. in sacrificial meals (Isaiah...
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1. Render, 'I have offered answers to those who asked not; I have been
at hand to those who sought me not.. a nation that hath not called
upon my name.' The v. refers to the Israelites who neglected J...
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These verses describe the same situation in the *Old Testament. There
are many *Israelites who would consider themselves to be the ‘people
of God’. But their daily behaviour does not agree with their...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 65
CHAPTER S 65-66 refer to subjects in CHAPTER S 1-4.
• In chapter 2:1-...
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WHICH REMAIN AMONG THE GRAVES. — Probably the rock graves of
Palestine, which, although they were ceremonially unclean, were not
unfrequently used as dwellings (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:3). The charge
may...
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הַ יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בַּ † קְּבָרִ֔ים וּ
בַ...
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CHAPTER XXV
A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT
Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1
WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been
considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
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A SEED RESCUED FROM DESTRUCTION
Isaiah 65:1-12
The prophet now enumerates the reasons that forced the Lord to turn
aside from the Chosen People, and call in the Gentiles to occupy the
place and perfo...
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In this chapter we have a graphic description of the working of the
principle of discrimination, the sifting of the people by God. There
is first a contrast between the false and the true. The rebelli...
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Which remain among the (f) graves, and lodge in the monuments, which
eat (g) swine's flesh, and broth of abominable [things is in] their
vessels;
(f) To consult with spirits, and to conjure devils, w...
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_Idols: to have dreams, (Strabo xvi.) and commit impurities. --- Broth
of swine's flesh, which was prohibited, Leviticus xi. 7._...
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This is the lamentation of Jesus over his ancient people, the Jews.
And what a sad history of rebellion, from the beginning, when God
formed them into a Church, to the time of their rejecting the Lord...
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4._Who dwell in the graves. _He enumerates other kinds of
superstitions; and although, in consequence of its brevity, the
description is obscure, yet we may easily learn from other passages
what was t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 64 AND 65.
The next two Chapter s give us a full revelation of the dealings of
God in answer to this appeal. First of all, God, through His grace,
had been so...
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WHICH REMAIN AMONG THE GRAVES,.... In order to practise necromancy, to
consult the dead, where they imagined demons and departed spirits
haunted, and of whom they fancied they might get knowledge of f...
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Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine's flesh, and broth of abominable [things is in] their vessels;
Ver. 4. _Which remain among the graves._] Which use necromanc...
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_A people that provoketh me to anger_ That the Jews are the people
here intended, is without question: the prophet, speaking of the
calling of the Gentiles, upon their rejection, enumerates some of
th...
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which remain among the graves and lodge in the monuments, passing the
night in hidden recesses, for the purposes of necromancy and
Spiritism, WHICH EAT SWINE'S FLESH, a custom which was expressly
forb...
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THE LORD'S REFUSAL...
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1-7 The Gentiles came to seek God, and find him, because they were
first sought and found of him. Often he meets some thoughtless trifler
or profligate opposer, and says to him, Behold me; and a spee...
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THEY REMAINED AMONG THE GRAVES, either there expecting revelations by
dreams, or there consulting with devils, who were thought to delight
in such places; or to practise necromancy, all which were for...
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Isaiah 65:4 sit H3427 (H8802) graves H6913 night H3885 (H8799) tombs
H5341 (H8803) eat H398 ...
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THE MAJORITY OF HIS PEOPLE WILL REJECT HIM FOR THEIR IDOLS AND WILL
RECEIVE THEIR JUST PUNISHMENT (ISAIAH 65:2).
On the other hand those who do claim to be called by His name, but are
hypocritical, w...
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CONTENTS: Answer of Jehovah to remnant of Israel. Eternal blessing in
the renovated earth.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Although Jehovah has long stretched forth His hand to a
disobedient and gainsa...
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Isaiah 65:4. _Which remain among the graves._ The LXX add, _dream._
Perhaps Jude had this text in his eye, when he calls the wicked
“filthy dreamers.”
_See Augustine's city of God. Which eat swine's f...
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_A people that provoked Me to anger_
OBSTINACY PROVOKES GOD’S WRATH
By rejecting His love with stiff-necked obstinacy, they have incurred
wrath, which, though long and patiently restrained, now burs...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 65:1 Though the people of God have unfaithful
sinners mixed among them now, he is eager to bring them into their
glorious eternal home. His eagerness is rejected by Jews but welc...
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SECTION XI.—GOD'S ANSWER TO THE EXILES' PRAYER (Isaiah 65:1.)
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 65:1
ISRAEL'S SUFFERINGS
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Now God answers the prayer offered by the remnant of the people and He
said,
I am sought of them that asked not for me (Isaiah 65:1);
Here's the remnant of the Jewish people calling to God. "If You'...
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Deuteronomy 14:21; Deuteronomy 14:3; Deuteronomy 14:8; Deuteronomy
18:11;...
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Remain — They remained among the graves, there consulting with
devils, who were thought to delight in such places; or to practice
necromancy, all which were forbidden, Deuteronomy 18:11; Isaiah 8:19....