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 66:17); it was forbidden by the Law as unclean (Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8). Broth, etc.] referring to a sacrificial feast of unclean food.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
Description of their illegal and superstitious cults....
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...
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...
E. REFINING OF ZION, CHAPTER 65 1. CLEANSED TEXT: Isaiah 65:1-12 1 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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
הַ יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ בַּ † קְּבָרִ֔ים וּ בַ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Idols: to have dreams, (Strabo xvi.) and commit impurities. --- Broth of swine's flesh, which was prohibited, Leviticus xi. 7._...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE LORD'S REFUSAL...
broth: Or, pieces...
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...
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...
Isaiah 65:4 sit H3427 (H8802) graves H6913 night H3885 (H8799) tombs H5341 (H8803) eat H398 ...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
SECTION XI.—GOD'S ANSWER TO THE EXILES' PRAYER (Isaiah 65:1.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 65:1 ISRAEL'S SUFFERINGS
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'...
Deuteronomy 14:21; Deuteronomy 14:3; Deuteronomy 14:8; Deuteronomy 18:11;...
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....