Yesaya 65:3

65:3 These people continually and blatantly offend me ¹ 

as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards ² 

and burn incense on brick altars. ³ 

Yesaya 1:16

1:16 ⁴ Wash! Cleanse yourselves!

Remove your sinful deeds ⁵ 

from my sight.

Stop sinning!

[65:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the people who provoke me to anger to my face continually.”

[65:3]  ² tn Or “gardens” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[65:3]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “on tiles.”

[1:16]  ⁴ sn Having demonstrated the people’s guilt, the Lord calls them to repentance, which will involve concrete action in the socio-economic realm, not mere emotion.

[1:16]  ⁵ sn This phrase refers to Israel’s covenant treachery (cf. Deut 28:10; Jer 4:4; 21:12; 23:2, 22; 25:5; 26:3; 44:22; Hos 9:15; Ps 28:4). In general, the noun ַמעַלְלֵיכֶם (ma’alleykhem) can simply be a reference to deeds, whether good or bad. However, Isaiah always uses it with a negative connotation (cf. 3:8, 10).