Isaiah 65:1

I let myself be consulted by people who weren't even asking me questions; I let myself be found by people who weren't even looking for me. To a nation that wasn't even calling for me, I said, “I'm here, I'm here!”

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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 spread out my hands all day long, pleading with a stubborn people who follow bad ways, doing whatever they choose.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27Everyone in the whole world will repent and return to the Lord; all the nations will worship before you.

Isaiah 11:10At that time the root of Jesse will stand like a banner for the nations. Foreigners will come to him, and the place of where he lives will be glorious.

Isaiah 41:27I was the first to announce to Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ I was the one who brought to Jerusalem the good news.

Isaiah 45:22Everyone on earth, come to me and be saved, for I am God and there is no God apart from me.

Isaiah 63:19We were yours from ancient times, but we've ended up like people you've never ruled, never identified as yours.

Zechariah 2:11Many nations will become believers in Lord on that day, and they shall be my people. I will live among you, and you will know the Lord Almighty 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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