Isaiah 65:2
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!’
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,
4 sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
- ASV
- I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
- DARBY
- I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;
- BLB
- I have spread out My hands all the day to a rebellious people, those walking a way not good, after their thoughts;
- ÅB
- Jeg bredte ut mine hender hele dagen til et gjenstridig folk, som går på den vei som ikke er god, etter sine egne tanker,
- OTB
- Jeg har rakt ut mine hender hele dagen til et opprørsk folk, som vandrer på veier som ikke er gode, og følger sine egne tanker—
- B1930
- Jeg bredte ut mine hender hele dagen til et gjenstridig folk, som går på den vei som ikke er god, efter sine egne tanker,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 10:21
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
Read in contextJeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Read in contextProverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
Read in contextPsalms 81:11–12
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:23
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
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