Isaiah 65:4

Context

65:4 They sit among the tombs¹

and keep watch all night long.²

They eat pork,³

and broth⁴ from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.

Luke 8:27

Context
8:27 As⁵ Jesus⁶ stepped ashore,⁷ a certain man from the town⁸ met him who was possessed by demons.⁹ For a long time this man¹⁰ had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among¹¹ the tombs.

[65:4] ¹sn Perhaps the worship of underworld deities or dead spirits is in view.

[65:4] ²tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and in the watches they spend the night.” Some understand נְּצוּרִים (nÿtsurim) as referring to “secret places” or “caves,” while others emend the text to וּבֵין צוּרִים (uven tsurim, “between the rocky cliffs”).

[65:4] ³tn Heb “the flesh of the pig”; KJV, NAB, NASB “swine’s flesh.”

[65:4] ⁴tc The marginal reading (Qere), supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a, reads מְרַק (mÿraq, “broth”), while the consonantal text (Kethib) has פְרַק (feraq, “fragment”).

[8:27] ⁵tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:27] ⁶tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27] ⁷tn Grk “stepped out on land.”

[8:27] ⁸tn Or “city.”

[8:27] ⁹tn Grk “who had demons.”

[8:27] ¹⁰tn Grk “he”; the referent (the demon-possessed man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:27] ¹¹tn Or “in.”