Isaiah 65:1

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

3 to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
KJV
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.
WEB
“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
ASV
I am inquired of by 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.
DARBY
I am sought out of them that inquired not [for me], I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
BLB
“I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, Behold me! Behold me!’ To a nation not calling on My Name.
ÅB
Jeg befalte meg fram for dem som ikke spurte; jeg var å finne for dem som ikke søkte meg; jeg sa til et hedningefolk som ikke var kalt med mitt navn: Se. her er jeg, her er jeg!
OTB
«Jeg lot meg bli oppdaget av dem som ikke spurte etter meg; jeg ble funnet av dem som ikke søkte meg. Jeg sa: ‘Her er jeg, her er jeg,’ til et folk som ikke kalte på mitt navn.
B1930
Jeg bød mig frem for dem som ikke spurte; jeg var å finne for dem som ikke søkte mig; jeg sa til et hedningefolk som ikke var kalt med mitt navn: Se. her er jeg, her er jeg!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 10:20

    And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

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  • Romans 9:24–26

    including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

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  • 1 Peter 2:10

    Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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  • Ephesians 2:12–13

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

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  • Isaiah 45:22

    Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

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  • Psalms 22:27

    All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

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  • Isaiah 55:5

    Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

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