Isaiah 65:1

I allowed myself to be sought by those that asked not; I let myself be found by those that sought me not: I said, Here am I, here am I, unto a nation that called itself not by my name.

Leeser Tanakh

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 the time unto a rebellious people, that walk in the way which is not good, after their own thoughts;

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27(22:28) All the ends of the world shall remember and return unto the Lord: and all the families of the nations shall bow themselves down before thee.

Isaiah 11:10And it shall happen on that day, that [he of] the root of Jesse, who shall stand as an ensign of the people, to him shall nations [come to] inquire: and his resting-place shall be glorious.

Isaiah 41:27The first [was I to say] to Zion, Behold, there they are; and to Jerusalem will I give one that bringeth good tidings.

Isaiah 45:22Turn unto me, so that ye may be helped, all ye ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no one else.

Isaiah 63:19We are become as though we are those over whom thou hast never ruled, over whom thy name hath not been called.

Zechariah 2:11(2:15) And many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they shall be unto me for a people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

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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