Isaiah 65:1

Those who before were not asking for me have sought me. Those who have not sought me have found me. I said, “Behold, it is I! Behold, it is I!” to a nation which was not invoking my name.

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In The King James Version

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

In Context

2I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts,

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:10In that day, the root of Jesse, who stands as a sign among the people, the same the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulcher will be glorious.

Isaiah 41:27The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”

Isaiah 45:22All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 63:19We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name.

Zechariah 2:11And many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:1

We are now drawing towards the conclusion of this evangelical prophecy, the last two chapters of which direct us to look as far forward as the new heavens and the new earth, the new world which the gospel dispensation should bring in, and the separation that should by it be made between the precious and the vile. "For judgment" (says Christ) "have I come into this world." And why should it seem absurd that the prophet here should speak of that to which all the prophets bore witness? 1 Pet. i. 10, 11 . The… Read the whole commentary →

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