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the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig’s flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the LORD. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/66.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/66.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/66.htm">New King James Version</a> “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together,” says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/66.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat pig’s flesh, detestable things, and mice, Will come to an end altogether,” declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/66.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine&#8217s flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end altogether,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/66.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things, and mice, Shall come to an end altogether,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/66.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things, and mice, Will come to an end altogether,” declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/isaiah/66.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols], Following after one in the center, Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end together,” says the LORD. <a href="/csb/isaiah/66.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Those who dedicate and purify themselves to enter the groves following their leader, eating meat from pigs, vermin, and rats, will perish together.” This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/66.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Those who dedicate and purify themselves to enter the groves following their leader, eating meat from pigs, vermin, and rats, will perish together.&#8221 This is the LORD&#8217s declaration.&#8221 <a href="/asv/isaiah/66.htm">American Standard Version</a> They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah. <a href="/cev/isaiah/66.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some of you get yourselves ready and go to a garden to worship a foreign goddess. You eat the meat of pigs, lizards, and mice. But I, the LORD, will destroy you for this. <a href="/erv/isaiah/66.htm">English Revised Version</a> They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse; they shall come to an end together, saith the LORD. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/66.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> People make themselves holy and prepare themselves for their garden rituals. They go into the garden and devour pork, disgusting things, and mice. "They will come to an end at the same time," declares the LORD. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/66.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD says, "The end is near for those who purify themselves for pagan worship, who go in procession to sacred gardens, and who eat pork and mice and other disgusting foods. <a href="/isv/isaiah/66.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves, following the one at the center of those who eat the meat of pigs, disgusting things, and rats, are all alike," says the LORD. <a href="/msb/isaiah/66.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves?to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats?will perish together,? declares the LORD. <a href="/net/isaiah/66.htm">NET Bible</a> "As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice--they will all be destroyed together," says the LORD. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/66.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together," says the LORD. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/66.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/66.htm">World English Bible</a> “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, following one in the middle, eating pig’s meat, abominable things, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/66.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves [to go] to the gardens, "" One after another in the midst, "" Eating flesh of the sow, "" And of the abomination, and of the muroid, "" Are consumed together,” "" A declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/66.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/isaiah/66.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> They consecrating themselves and cleansing themselves in the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse; together shall they perish, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/66.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They that were sanctified, and thought themselves clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/66.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Those who were sanctified, who thought themselves to be clean in the gardens behind the inner gate, who were eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they will be consumed all at once, says the Lord. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/66.htm">New American Bible</a> Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who stands within, eating pig’s flesh, abominable things, and mice, shall all together come to an end, with their deeds and purposes—oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/66.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the center, eating the flesh of pigs, vermin, and rodents, shall come to an end together, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/66.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, following one after another in the midst, eating swine's flesh and creeping things and mice, shall be consumed together, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/66.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Those who hallow themselves and purify themselves in gardens, one after another in the midst, and eat meat of pigs and vermin and the mouse shall be consumed as one, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/66.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves To go unto the gardens, Behind one in the midst, Eating swine's flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, Shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. <a href="/sep/isaiah/66.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine's flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/66-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14698" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/66.htm">God's Final Judgments Against the Wicked</a> …16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. 17<a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: ham·miṯ·qad·də·šîm (Art:: V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">“Those who consecrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·ham·miṭ·ṭa·hă·rîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-mp) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">and purify themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1593.htm" title="1593: hag·gan·nō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- A garden. Feminine of gan; a garden.">enter the groves—</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">to follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ʾɛ·ḥå̄ḏ (Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bat·tā·weḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in the center</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ō·ḵə·lê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">of those who eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śar (N-msc) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">the flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/2386.htm" title="2386: ha·ḥă·zîr (Art:: N-ms) -- Swine, boar. From an unused root probably meaning to enclose; a hog.">of swine</a> <a href="/hebrew/8263.htm" title="8263: wə·haš·še·qeṣ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Detestation, detestable thing. From shaqats; filth, i.e. an idolatrous object.">and vermin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5909.htm" title="5909: wə·hā·‘aḵ·bār (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A mouse. Probably from the same as akkabiysh in the secondary sense of attacking; a mouse.">and rats—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5486.htm" title="5486: yā·su·p̄ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To come to an end, cease. A primitive root; to snatch away, i.e. Terminate.">will perish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3162.htm" title="3162: yaḥ·dāw (Adv) -- Unitedness. From yachad; properly, a unit, i.e. unitedly.">together,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> 18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Leviticus 11:7</a> And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Deuteronomy 14:8</a> as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3-5</a> to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, / sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls. / They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10-11</a> So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. <a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21</a> But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.” <a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a> Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. <a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a> They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Jeremiah 7:30-31</a> For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. / They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a> because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. / They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4-5</a> “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests— / those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, <a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14-15</a> “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” <a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a> I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">1 Timothy 4:3-5</a> They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. / For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. <a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a> “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the middle, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, said the LORD.sanctify<a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a> For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.<a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3,4</a> A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; … behind one tree in the midst.<a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Leviticus 11:2-8</a> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth… <a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">Deuteronomy 14:3-8</a> Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/44-19.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-27.htm">Center</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-24.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Following</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Gardens</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Mouse</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Pigs</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Pig's</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-11.htm">Rats</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-23.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Swine's</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-14.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Together</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-22.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Center</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-28.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-30.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Following</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-5.htm">Gardens</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Mouse</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Pigs</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Pig's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-20.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-4.htm">Rats</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Swine's</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Together</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-11.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 66</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity</a> 5. <a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">He comforts the humble by showing the confusion of their enemies</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">With the marvelous growth</a> 10. <a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">And the gracious benefits of the church</a> 15. <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">God's severe judgments against the wicked</a> 18. <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">The Gentiles shall have an holy church</a> 24. <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">And see the damnation of the wicked</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of ancient Israel, consecration and purification were essential for worship and approaching God, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a> and <a href="/numbers/19.htm">Numbers 19</a>. However, the focus here is on those who perform these acts for idolatrous purposes, highlighting a false sense of holiness. This mirrors the hypocrisy condemned by Jesus in <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>, where outward appearances of purity mask inner corruption.to enter the groves Groves, or sacred gardens, were often associated with pagan worship in the ancient Near East. These locations were typically used for idolatrous practices, as seen in <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a> and <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10</a>, where Israelites were condemned for worshiping under every green tree. The use of groves signifies a departure from the worship of Yahweh, aligning instead with Canaanite religious customs.to follow one in the center This phrase suggests a leader or central figure in these idolatrous practices, possibly a priest or a deity figure. The central position indicates authority and influence over the participants. This can be compared to the false prophets and leaders criticized in <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16-17</a>, who lead people away from true worship.of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats Eating swine, vermin, and rats was strictly prohibited under the Mosaic Law (<a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Leviticus 11:7, 29</a>-30). These animals were considered unclean, and consuming them was a direct violation of God's commandments. This behavior symbolizes a blatant disregard for God's law and a preference for pagan customs, reflecting the spiritual apostasy addressed in <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Isaiah 65:4</a>.will perish together The consequence of such idolatrous and unclean practices is destruction. This echoes the warnings throughout the Old Testament, where disobedience leads to divine judgment, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>. The collective perishing underscores the communal nature of sin and its repercussions, similar to the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah in <a href="/genesis/19.htm">Genesis 19</a>.declares the LORD This phrase affirms the authority and certainty of the prophecy. The declaration by the LORD emphasizes that the judgment is not merely a human prediction but a divine decree. This assurance of God's word is consistent with the prophetic tradition, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>, where God's word accomplishes its intended purpose.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/those_who_consecrate_and_purify_themselves.htm">Those who consecrate and purify themselves</a> This refers to individuals who engage in ritualistic practices, attempting to make themselves holy through their own means, often in defiance of God's commands. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_groves.htm">The groves</a> Sacred groves were places of pagan worship, often associated with idolatry and practices contrary to the worship of Yahweh. 3. <a href="/topical/o/one_in_the_midst.htm">One in the midst</a> This could refer to a leader or figure who guides others into these idolatrous practices, leading them away from true worship. 4. <a href="/topical/t/those_who_eat_the_flesh_of_swine_and_vermin_and_rats.htm">Those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats</a> These are people who partake in unclean foods, which were forbidden under the Mosaic Law, symbolizing disobedience and impurity. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who declares judgment upon those who engage in these practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_syncretism.htm">The Danger of Syncretism</a> Mixing true worship with pagan practices leads to spiritual corruption and judgment. Believers must guard against incorporating worldly or idolatrous elements into their faith. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_obedience.htm">Holiness and Obedience</a> True consecration comes from obedience to God's commands, not through self-devised rituals. Christians are called to live holy lives according to Scripture. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_influence.htm">Leadership and Influence</a> Be cautious of leaders who guide others away from biblical truth. Evaluate teachings and practices against the Word of God. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_accountability.htm">Judgment and Accountability</a> God holds individuals accountable for their actions and choices. Understanding the seriousness of sin should lead to repentance and a commitment to follow God's ways. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_relevance.htm">Cultural Relevance</a> While the specific practices may differ today, the underlying issue of idolatry and disobedience remains relevant. Christians must discern and reject modern forms of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_66.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 66</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_new_heavens,_earth.htm">What does the Bible say about new heavens and earth?</a> <a href="/q/why_link_isaiah_13_to_later_events.htm">If Isaiah 13 was written in the 8th century BCE, why do some scholars suggest it reflects later events, raising questions about its authorship and date?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'led_captivity_captive'_mean.htm">What does 'God of All Flesh' signify?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_a_loving_deity_enact_vengeance.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16: How can a loving deity be reconciled with the depiction of fiery vengeance and widespread destruction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/66.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) They that sanctify themselves . . .--Better, they that consecrate themselves . . . As in <a href="/context/isaiah/65-3.htm" title="A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense on altars of brick;">Isaiah 65:3-4</a>, the prophet has in his thoughts the apostates, who gloried in mingling heathen rites with the worship of Jehovah. Such a blending of incompatible elements was, as we have seen, eminently characteristic of the reign of Manasseh. We have no trace of anything corresponding to it among the. Babylonian exiles, either before or after their return. The "consecration" and "purification" are the initiatory rites of heathen mysteries, connected probably with the worship of Baal or Ashtoreth, or, as the context, with its reference to gardens and swine's flesh, renders probable, with that of Thammuz. (See Note on <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm" title="For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him.">Isaiah 64:4</a>.)Behind one tree in the midst.--The noun "tree" is a conjectural explanation. The Hebrew text gives the "one" in the masculine, and is explained as referring either (1) to the Hierophant, who led the worshippers; or (2), as with a contemptuous reluctance to utter the name of the false deity, to Thammuz. The Hebrew margin gives "one" in the feminine, and this may have been meant for the Asherah, the "grove," or Phallic symbol of idolatrous worship. If we adopt the masculine, and refer it to Thammuz, the word may connect itself with the lamentations of the Syrian maidens over Thammuz (Adonis) as over an only son. (Comp. Milton, Paradise Lost, i.)The abomination.--The word stands in <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm" title="Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain to the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.">Leviticus 7:21</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-11.htm" title="They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination.">Leviticus 11:11</a>, for various kinds of unclean beasts, among which the mouse, or jerboa, still eaten by the Arabs, was conspicuous (<a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm" title="These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,">Leviticus 11:29</a>). It is probable that all these, as well as the swine's flesh, were used in the idolfeasts. In any case the apostate worshippers would seem to have exulted in throwing off the restraints of the Mosaic law. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/66.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - They that sanctify... themselves in the gardens (comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a>; and see the comment on the latter passage). Behind one tree in the midst; literally, behind one in the midst. It seems quite impossible that "one" can mean "one tree," when no tree has been mentioned, and gardens do not necessarily contain trees. The marginal rendering, "one after another," is also impossible. The "one in the midst" must have been either a hierophant who directed the ceremonies (Gesenius, Hitzig, Knobel, Delitzsch), or an image of a deity (Scaliger, Voss, Grotius, Lagarde, Cheyne). In the latter case, we must suppose that the worshippers had a scruple about mentioning the deity's name, and were accustomed to call him "one," or "a certain one" (comp. Herod., 2:171). Isaiah adopts their usage. Eating swine's flesh (comp. <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Isaiah 65:4</a>). And the abomination. The word is used generically of all the "abominable things" forbidden to be eaten in <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Leviticus 11:4-30</a>, as the camel, the coney, the hare, the eagle, the vulture, the ferret, the chameleon, the lizard, etc. The mouse. Probably the jerboa (see <a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm">Leviticus 11:20</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/66-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Those who dedicate הַמִּתְקַדְּשִׁ֨ים (ham·miṯ·qad·də·šîm) Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated and purify וְהַמִּֽטַּהֲרִ֜ים (wə·ham·miṭ·ṭa·hă·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure themselves to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to enter the groves— הַגַּנּ֗וֹת (hag·gan·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1593.htm">Strong's 1593: </a> A garden to follow אַחַ֤ר (’a·ḥar) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part one אַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first in the midst בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ (bat·tā·weḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre of those who eat אֹֽכְלֵי֙ (’ō·ḵə·lê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat the flesh בְּשַׂ֣ר (bə·śar) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man of swine הַחֲזִ֔יר (ha·ḥă·zîr) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2386.htm">Strong's 2386: </a> Swine, boar and vermin וְהַשֶּׁ֖קֶץ (wə·haš·še·qeṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8263.htm">Strong's 8263: </a> Detestation, detestable thing and rats— וְהָעַכְבָּ֑ר (wə·hā·‘aḵ·bār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5909.htm">Strong's 5909: </a> A mouse will perish יָסֻ֖פוּ (yā·su·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5486.htm">Strong's 5486: </a> To snatch away, terminate together,” יַחְדָּ֥ו (yaḥ·dāw) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3162.htm">Strong's 3162: </a> A unit, unitedly declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 66:17 Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 66:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 66:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 66:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 66:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>