Isaiah 65:1-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord’s Response
65 “I was sought by those who did not ask;[a]
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said: Here I am, here I am,
to a nation that was not called by[b] My name.(A)
2 I spread out My hands all day long
to a rebellious people(B)
who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.
3 These people continually provoke Me
to My face,
sacrificing in gardens,(C)
burning incense on bricks,
4 sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,(D)
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.[c]
5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
6 It is written before Me:
I will not keep silent,(E) but I will repay;(F)
I will repay them fully[d]
7 for your iniquities and the iniquities(G)
of your[e] fathers together,”
says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and reproached Me on the hills,(H)
I will reward them fully[f]
for their former deeds.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:1 LXX, Syr, DSS, Tg read ask for Me
- Isaiah 65:1 LXX, Syr, DSS, Tg, Vg read that did not call on
- Isaiah 65:4 These vv. describe pagan worship.
- Isaiah 65:6 Lit repay into their lap
- Isaiah 65:7 LXX, Syr read [for] their iniquities and the iniquities of their
- Isaiah 65:7 Lit reward into their lap
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