Yesaya 66:17

66:17 “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, ¹  those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice ²  – they will all be destroyed together,” ³  says the Lord.

Ulangan 27:15

27:15 ‘Cursed is the one ⁴  who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent ⁵  to the Lord, the work of the craftsman ⁶  – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ ⁷ 

Yehezkiel 8:9-13

8:9 He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.” 8:10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure ⁸  of creeping thing and beast – detestable images ⁹  – and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. ¹⁰  8:11 Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel ¹¹  (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant ¹²  vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

8:12 He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? ¹³  For they think, ‘The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!’” 8:13 He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

[66:17]  ¹ tn Heb “the ones who consecrate themselves and the ones who purify themselves toward the orchards [or “gardens”] after the one in the midst.” The precise meaning of the statement is unclear, though it is obvious that some form of idolatry is in view.

[66:17]  ² tn Heb “ones who eat the flesh of the pig and the disgusting thing and the mouse.”

[66:17]  ³ tn Heb “together they will come to an end.”

[27:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “man,” but in a generic sense here.

[27:15]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated here “abhorrent” (תּוֹעֵבָה, to’evah) speaks of attitudes and/or behaviors so vile as to be reprehensible to a holy God. See note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[27:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “craftsman’s hands.”

[27:15]  ⁷ tn Or “So be it!” The term is an affirmation expressing agreement with the words of the Levites.

[8:10]  ⁸ tn Or “pattern.”

[8:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.

[8:10]  ¹⁰ sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).

[8:11]  ¹¹ sn Note the contrast between these seventy men who represented Israel and the seventy elders who ate the covenant meal before God, inaugurating the covenant relationship (Exod 24:1, 9).

[8:11]  ¹² tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[8:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “the room of his images.” The adjective “idolatrous” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  sn This type of image is explicitly prohibited in the Mosaic law (Lev 26:1).