Isaiah 65:2

God's love Patience Repentance

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.

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;

⁴ Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

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

Compare

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 to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
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Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
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Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
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Psalms 81:11–12
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
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Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
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Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
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Jeremiah 5:23
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
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Jeremiah 7:24
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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