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who sit[a] in graves
    and spend the night in secret places,[b]
who eat[c] the flesh of swine
    with[d] a fragment[e] of impurity in their vessels,
who say,[f]Keep to yourself![g]
    You must not come near me, for I am too holy for you!”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,[h]
    a fire burning all day.
Look! It is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will repay;
    and I will repay in[i] the fold of their garment

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:4 Literally “sitting”
  2. Isaiah 65:4 Literally “watches”
  3. Isaiah 65:4 Literally “eating”
  4. Isaiah 65:4 Or “and”
  5. Isaiah 65:4 The reading tradition (Qere) has “broth”
  6. Isaiah 65:5 Literally “saying”
  7. Isaiah 65:5 Literally “Come near to you”
  8. Isaiah 65:5 Literally “nose”
  9. Isaiah 65:6 Or “on”