Isaiah 65:1
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 of brick;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
Read in contextRomans 9:24–26
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Read in context1 Peter 2:10
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Read in contextEphesians 2:12–13
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Read in contextHosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Read in contextPsalms 22:27
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:5
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
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