Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out My yad kol hayom 1 unto an Am Sorer (stubbornly rebellious people), 1 which walketh in a derech lo tov, 1 after their own machshevot (thoughts); 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

In Context

1I let Myself be sought of them 1 that asked not for Me; 1 I let Myself be found of them 1 that sought me not; 1 I said: Hineni, behold Me, 1 unto a Goy (Nation, People) that was not called by My Shem. 1

3HaAm that provoketh Me to anger 1 continually to My face; 1 that sacrificeth in ganot (gardens), 1 and burneth sacrifices upon brick; 1

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Cross References

Numbers 15:39And it shall be unto you for a tzitzit, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the mitzvot Hashem, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own lev and your own eyes, after which ye used to go a-whoring:

Deuteronomy 29:19Hashem will not spare him, but then the wrath of Hashem and His kina (jealousy) shall burn against that ish, and kol haalah (all the curses) that are written in this sefer shall fall upon him, and Hashem shall blot out shmo from under Shomayim.

Psalms 36:4The words of his mouth are iniquity and mirmah (deceit); 1 he hath ceased to be wise, and to do tov (good). 1

Psalms 81:11I am Hashem Eloheicha 1 Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim; 1 open thy mouth wide, I will fill it. 1

Proverbs 16:29An ish chamas enticeth his re'a, 1 and leadeth him into the derech that is not good. 1

Isaiah 1:23Thy sarim (princes) are rebellious, 1 and companions of ganavim: 1 every one loveth bribes, 1 and followeth after rewards: 1 they give no justice to the fatherless, 1 neither doth the cause of the almanah come unto them. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:2-8

The Conversion of the Gentiles; The Wickedness of the Jews; The Rejection of the Jews. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars… Read the whole commentary →

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