Isaiah 65:6

Hinei, it is written before Me: 1 I will not keep silent, but will recompense fully, 1 even recompense into their kheyk, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

In Context

5Which say: Stand by thyself, come not near to me; 1 for I am kadosh to thee (holier than thou). 1 These are a smoke in My nose, 1 an eish that burneth kol hayom. 1

7Your avonot, and the iniquities 1 of your avot together, saith Hashem, 1 because they burned sacrifices upon the mountains, 1 and insulted Me upon the hills; 1 therefore will I measure 1 their former peulot into their kheyk. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 17:14And Hashem said unto Moshe, Write this for a zikaron (memorial, remembering) in a sefer, and rehearse it in the ears of Yehoshua; for I will utterly efface the memory of Amalek from under Shomayim.

Psalms 50:3Eloheinu shall come, and shall not keep silent; 1 an eish shall devour before Him, 1 and it shall be tempestuous me'od round about Him. 1

Psalms 56:8Shall they escape by iniquity? 1 In Thine anger cast down the amim (peoples), O Elohim. 1

Isaiah 42:14I have me'olam held My peace; 1 I have been quiet, and refrained Myself; 1 now will I cry out like a travailing woman; 1 I will lay waste and devour at once. 1

Jeremiah 16:18And first I will recompense their avon (iniquity) and their sin mishneh (double); because they have defiled My Eretz (land), they have filled Mine nachalah with the nevelot (lifeless forms, carcasses) of their detestable and abominable idols. 1

Ezekiel 22:31Therefore have I poured out Mine za'am (indignation, rage) upon them; I have consumed them with the eish of My evrah (wrath); their own derech have I brought back upon their rosh, saith Adonoi Hashem.

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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