Isaiah 65:7

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 65:6 Parallel

Isaiah 65:6 introduces the repayment measure that Isaiah 65:7 then specifies for their iniquities.

Isaiah 57:7 Parallel

Isaiah 57:7 describes the same idolatry of offering on mountains — the very sin God repays in Isaiah 65:7.

Jeremiah 7:20 expands on God's unquenchable wrath poured out on the land — directly paralleling the judgment for burning incense on mountains.

1 Thessalonians 2:16 says Jews 'fill up the measure of their sins' — directly echoing Isaiah's theme of cumulative guilt bringing wrath.

In Matthew 23:32, Jesus invokes this same 'fill up the measure' concept — applying it to the Pharisees completing ancestral sins.

Matthew 23:31-36 warns Pharisees will bear guilt of all righteous blood — NT application of inherited judgment.

Daniel 9:8 Parallel

Daniel 9:8 confesses shame for sins of our fathers — a direct echo of the corporate guilt in Isaiah.

Ezekiel 20:28 describes offering sacrifices on every high hill, mirroring the exact sin Isaiah 65:7 judges.

Ezekiel 20:27 recounts fathers blaspheming by offering on hills, directly parallel to the insult on hills in Isaiah 65:7.

Ezekiel 18:6 lists avoiding eating on mountains as righteous behavior, contrasting the sin Isaiah 65:7 condemns.

Exodus 20:5 Parallel

Exodus 20:5 establishes God visiting fathers' iniquities on children — the same principle Isaiah applies.

Psalm 106:6 Parallel

Psalm 106:6 confesses 'both we and our fathers have sinned' — identical acknowledgment of shared guilt.

2 Kings 16:4 Historical context

2 Kings 16:4 has Ahaz sacrificing on high places and hills, a direct example of the sin Isaiah 65:7 punishes.

2 Kings 15:35 Historical context

2 Kings 15:35 shows Jotham left high places, illustrating the chronic sin that brings God's repayment in Isaiah 65:7.

2 Kings 14:4 Historical context

2 Kings 14:4 states Amaziah also left high places, reinforcing the pattern of sin Isaiah 65:7 addresses.

2 Kings 12:3 Historical context

2 Kings 12:3 records Jehoash did not remove high places, echoing the ongoing idolatry Isaiah 65:7 condemns.

1 Kings 22:43 Historical context

1 Kings 22:43 notes even righteous Jehoshaphat left high places intact, showing the persistent sin that Isaiah 65:7 punishes.

Leviticus 26:39 warns of rotting for own and fathers' iniquities — direct parallel to Isaiah's inherited guilt.

Jeremiah 13:27 explicitly mentions 'hills' and 'whorings' — matching the mountain idolatry in Isaiah 65:7, reinforcing the same sin.

Jeremiah 18:15 shows people forgetting God and offering to false gods — similar to the idolatry on mountains in Isaiah 65:7.

Hosea 11:2 Parallel

Hosea 11:2 recounts Israel sacrificing to Baals — paralleling the burning incense on mountains in Isaiah 65:7.

Numbers 32:14 rebukes a generation for rising like their sinful fathers — similar theme of ancestral sin.