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Isaiah 66:17 Cross-References
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“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. behind: or, one after another”
Isaiah 66:17 (KJV)
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Commentary on Isaiah 66:17
Specific sins are condemned: "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." The Hebrew describes syncretistic worship—self-sanctification rituals (mitqadshim umittaharim) in gardens (pagan sacred groves), following cultic leaders ("behind one tree/in the midst"), eating unclean foods (swine, mouse, abominable things). These practices mixed Yahwism with pagan fertility cults. The judgment: "consumed together" (yachad yasu'fu)—corporate destru...
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Cross-References for Isaiah 66:17
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“sacrificing in gardens”
“Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.”
“and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.”