Isaiah 65:1-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Righteousness of God’s Judgment
65 I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,
to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that did not call on my name.(A)
2 I held out my hands all day long
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;(B)
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and offering incense on bricks;(C)
4 who sit inside tombs
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat the flesh of pigs,
with broth of abominable things in their vessels;(D)
5 who say, “Keep to yourself;
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.(E)
6 See, it is written before me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their laps(F)
7 their[a] iniquities and their[b] ancestors’ iniquities together,
says the Lord;
because they offered incense on the mountains
and reviled me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
full payment for their actions.(G)
Isaiah 65:1-7
International Standard Version
God’s Response
65 “I let myself be sought by those who didn’t ask for me;[a]
I let myself be found by those who didn’t seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation that didn’t call on my name.
2 I held out my hands all day long
to a disobedient[b] people,
who walk in a way that isn’t good,
following their own inclinations—
3 a people who continually provoke me to my face;
they[c] keep sacrificing in gardens
and waving their hands[d] over stone[e] altars;
4 who sit among graves,
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat pigs’ meat,
with the broth[f] of detestable things in[g] their pots;
5 who say, ‘Keep to yourself!’
‘Don’t touch[h] me!’ and ‘I am[i] too holy for you!’
“Such people are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that keeps burning all day long.
6 Watch out! It stands written before me:
‘I won’t keep silent, but I will pay back in full;
I’ll indeed repay into[j] their laps
7 both your iniquities and your ancestors’[k] iniquities together,’’
says the Lord.
“Because they offered incense on the mountains
and insulted me on hills,[l]
I’ll measure into[m] their laps
full payment for their earlier actions.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:1 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads ask
- Isaiah 65:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads an obstinate
- Isaiah 65:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads who
- Isaiah 65:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and offering incense
- Isaiah 65:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read brick
- Isaiah 65:4 So 1QIsaa MTqere LXX Targ Vulg; MT reads violence; or crumbs
- Isaiah 65:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack in
- Isaiah 65:5 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read come near to
- Isaiah 65:5 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read for I am
- Isaiah 65:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read upon
- Isaiah 65:7 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX Syr read both their iniquities and their
- Isaiah 65:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the hills
- Isaiah 65:7 So 1QIsaa MTqere; MT LXX read upon
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