Isaiah 65:5

World English Bible

who say, ‘Stay by yourself,
don’t come near to me,
for I am holier than you.’
These are smoke in my nose,
a fire that burns all day.

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Isaiah 65:5 in other translations

that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Isaiah 65:5 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 65:5 in context

  1. 3a people who provoke me to my face continually,
    sacrificing in gardens,
    and burning incense on bricks;
  2. 4who sit among the graves,
    and spend nights in secret places;
    who eat pig’s meat,
    and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
  3. 5who say, ‘Stay by yourself,
    don’t come near to me,
    for I am holier than you.’
    These are smoke in my nose,
    a fire that burns all day.
  4. 6“Behold, it is written before me:
    I will not keep silence,
    but will repay,
    yes, I will repay into their bosom,
  5. 7your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says Yahweh,
    “who have burned incense on the mountains,
    and blasphemed me on the hills.
    Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”