Verses 3-5
3-5. Sacrificeth in gardens Entering on heathen worship in the face of Jehovah’s temple, within the precincts of Jerusalem perhaps within the courts of great houses wherein were gardens. In this, daring impiety is charged. Or, upon altars of brick, extemporized on the tiled roofs of houses, whereon incense to idols was burned. Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29.
Among the graves Now little known or understood as an ancient practice, but perhaps for purposes of necromancy, by persons believing that thoughts from the dead could thus be obtained. In monuments In crypts or sepulchres, wherein they lodged for the night, with like ends in view.
Swine’s flesh Used in idol worship, but abominable to the Hebrews. It is difficult to explain, from present knowledge, some of these allusions. Some think certain mysteries were involved in them, in which devotees assumed a sanctity, and said to others, Stand by… for I am holier than thou. It is precarious to apply these things to Pharisees in Christ’s time, though the phrase may have then become a proverb, and applicable to the Pharisees.
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