Isaiah

Isaiah 65:2–3

²All day long I have held out My hands

to an obstinate people^b

who walk in the wrong path,

who follow their own imaginations,

³to a people who continually provoke Me to My face,

sacrificing in the gardens

and burning incense on altars of brick,

Footnotes

b 65:2 LXX to a disobedient and obstinate people; cited in Romans 10:21|ROM 10:21

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
All day long	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
I have held out	פֵּרַ֧שְׂתִּי	pê·raś·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H6566 spread out, spread
My hands	יָדַ֛י	yā·ḏay	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
an obstinate	סוֹרֵ֑ר	sō·w·rêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5637 be stubborn, rebellious
people	עַ֣ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
who walk	הַהֹלְכִים֙	ha·hō·lə·ḵîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
in the wrong	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
path	הַדֶּ֣רֶךְ	had·de·reḵ	Article; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
who follow	אַחַ֖ר	’a·ḥar	Adverb	H310 behind
their own imaginations	מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃	maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·hem	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4284 thought, device

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to a people	הָעָ֗ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
who continually	תָּמִ֑יד	tā·mîḏ	Adverb	H8548 continuity
provoke Me	הַמַּכְעִיסִ֥ים	ham·maḵ·‘î·sîm	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H3707 be vexed, angry
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
My face	פָּנַ֖י	pā·nay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before
sacrificing	זֹֽבְחִים֙	zō·ḇə·ḥîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H2076 slaughter for sacrifice
in the gardens	בַּגַּנּ֔וֹת	bag·gan·nō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1593 garden
and burning incense	וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים	ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
altars of brick	הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃	hal·lə·ḇê·nîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H3843 brick, tile

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 65:2 Romans 10:21 · Proverbs 1:24 · Jeremiah 4:14 · Psalm 81:11–12 · Isaiah 1:2 · Jeremiah 7:24 · Jeremiah 5:23 · Isaiah 63:10 · Luke 13:34 · Luke 19:41–42 · Romans 2:5 · Matthew 23:37

Isaiah 65:3 Isaiah 1:29 · Isaiah 66:17 · Deuteronomy 32:21 · Job 1:11 · Isaiah 3:8 · Deuteronomy 32:16–19 · 2 Kings 17:14–17 · Jeremiah 32:30–35 · Ezekiel 20:28 · Psalm 78:40 · Ezekiel 8:17–18 · 2 Kings 22:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.