Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messagewho say to others, 'Keep away—don't touch me, for I am holier than you!' But to Me they are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that never stops smoldering.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gwho say, 'Stand back—do not come near me, for I am set apart from you!' These are a smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all the day long.
KJV
King James VersionWhich say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThey say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
Footnotes
The phrase *qiddashtîkhā* ('I am too holy for you' / 'I have made you holy') is savagely ironic: practitioners of necromancy and pagan rite regard themselves as ritually superior to those around them, yet their holiness is entirely self-generated and morally inverted. 'Smoke in My nostrils' (*āšān be'appî*) is a piercing double image — *af* means both 'nostril' and 'anger,' so their worship is simultaneously an irritant and a provocation. FOG highlights the self-generated nature of their claimed holiness ('I am set apart from you'); FOG Message sharpens the arrogance to its essential edge — 'holier than you.'
