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Isaiah 65:1-2
New International Version
Isaiah 65:1-2
New International Version
Judgment and Salvation
65 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I was found by those who did not seek me.(A)
To a nation(B) that did not call on my name,(C)
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
2 All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,(D)
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations(E)—
Isaiah 65:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 65:1-2
New American Standard Bible
A Rebellious People
65 “I permitted Myself to be sought by (A)those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which (B)did not call on My name.
2 (C)I have spread out My hands all day long to a (D)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, [a]following their own (E)thoughts,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:2 Lit after
Isaiah 65:1-2
Amplified Bible
Isaiah 65:1-2
Amplified Bible
A Rebellious People
65 “I let Myself be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I let Myself be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To the nation [Israel] which did not call on My Name.(A)
2
“I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious and stubborn people,
Who walk in the way that is not good, [following] after their own thoughts and intentions,
Isaiah 65:1-2
King James Version
Isaiah 65:1-2
King James Version
65 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;
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Isaiah 65:1-2
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 65:1-2
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Will Punish the Guilty
65 (A) I, the Lord, was ready
to answer even those
who were not asking
and to be found by those
who were not searching.
To a nation that refused
to worship me,[a]
I said, “Here I am!”
2 (B) All day long I have reached out
to stubborn and sinful people
going their own way.
Footnotes
- 65.1 refused … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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