Isaiah 65:1

“I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek. 1 I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name. 1

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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 spread out my hands all day to a stubborn people, 1 who walk in a way that is not good, who have walked after their own thoughts and plans! 1

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; 1 all the families of the nations will bow down before you. 1

Isaiah 11:10On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. 1 The nations will seek him out, and his resting place will be glorious. 1

Isaiah 41:27I first said to Zion, “Look here they are;” I sent a herald to Jerusalem. 1

Isaiah 45:22Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; 1 for I am God, and there is no other. 1

Isaiah 63:19We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were never called by your name.”

Zechariah 2:11Then great nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day. He says, “Then you will become my people; 1 for I will encamp in the midst of you,” and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. 1

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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