Isaiah 66:17 Cross References
Isaiah 66:17
17: "Those who `purify' themselves in a sacred garden, feasting on pork and rats and other forbidden meats, will come to a terrible end," says the LORD.
Isaiah 65:3
- All day long they insult me to my face by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens. They burn incense on the rooftops of their homes.
- At night they go out among the graves and secret places to worship evil spirits. They also eat pork and other forbidden foods.
Isaiah 1:28
- But all sinners will be completely destroyed, for they refuse to come to the LORD.
- Shame will cover you when you think of the times you offered sacrifices to idols in your groves of sacred oaks. You will blush when you think of all the sins you committed in your sacred gardens.
Deuteronomy 14:3
- "You must not eat animals that are ceremonially unclean.
- These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
- the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
- "Any animal that has split hooves and chews the cud may be eaten,
- but if the animal doesn't have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the rock badger. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves.
Leviticus 11:2
- "Give the following instructions to the Israelites: The animals you may use for food
- include those that have completely divided hooves and chew the cud.
- You may not, however, eat the animals named here because they either have split hooves or chew the cud, but not both. The camel may not be eaten, for though it chews the cud, it does not have split hooves.
- The same is true of the rock badger
- and the hare, so they also may never be eaten.