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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:1

I am sought of them that asked not for me - That is, by the Gentiles. So Paul applies it in Romans 10:20. Lowth translates the word which is rendered, ‘I am sought,’ by ‘I am made known.’ Noyes, ‘I have heard.’ The Septuagint renders it, Ἐμφανὴς ἐγενήθην Emphanēs egenēthēn - ‘I became manifest.’ Jerome, ‘They sought me who had not before inquired for me.’ The Chaldee, ‘I am sought in my word by those who had not asked me before my face.’ The Hebrew word דרשׁ dârash means properly “to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out my hands - To spread out the hands is an action denoting invitation or entreaty Proverbs 1:24. The sense is, that God had invited the Jews constantly to partake of his favors, but they had been rebellious, and had rejected his offers.All the day - I have not ceased to do it. The Chaldee renders this, ‘I sent my prophets all the day to a rebellious people.’Unto a rebellious people - (See the notes at Isaiah 1:2). Paul renders this, Πρὸς λαον ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:1

Isaiah 65:1. That in the primary sense of this text it is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, upon the rejection of the Jews, for their contempt and crucifying of Christ, cannot be doubted by any, who will not arrogate to themselves a greater ability to interpret the prophecies of the Old Testament than St. Paul had, who, Romans 10:20, expressly so interprets it, and applies it; which shows the vanity of the Jews in their other interpretations of it. I am sought Hebrew,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:2

Isaiah 65:2. I have spread out my hands This is applied to the Jews, Romans 10:21. I have stretched out my hands, I have used all means to reduce them; I have stretched out the hands of a passionate orator, to persuade them; of a liberal benefactor, to load them with my benefits: this I have done continually, in the whole course of my providence with them. To a rebellious people Yet they are a rebellious people. St. Paul expounds it by λαον απειθουντα και αντιλεγοντα , A people... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-16

God’s people: servants or rebels? (65:1-16)It was God’s desire that Israel seek him and enjoy his blessings, but instead the nation rebelled against him and stubbornly went its own way. Only a minority within Israel, along with those of Gentile nations who turned to Israel’s God, were really God’s people (65:1-2). As for the people of Israel as a whole, they had throughout their long history repeatedly made God angry. They sacrificed to other gods, consulted the spirits of the dead and ate... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 65:1

I am found, &c. Quoted in Romans 10:20 , Romans 10:21 . Behold Me. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. See note on Isaiah 24:16 . a nation that was not called by My name. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:21 ), and to the Dispensation of the Acts. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 65:2

good = right. Compare Psalms 36:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1

This chapter, along with the final chapter, deals with a number of different subjects, regarding some of the most remarkable of the themes Isaiah has discussed throughout the prophecy.Regarding the divisions of this chapter, we have (1) God's reply to the complaints visible in Israel's prayer for deliverance (Isaiah 65:1-7); (2) regardless of the total destruction awaiting the irreligious majority, a faithful remnant shall be redeemed (Isaiah 65:8-12); (3) a mingling of threats to the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:1

Isaiah 65:1. I am sought, &c.— I am made known to those that asked not for me, &c. Lowth. You observe here the Divinity introduced, urging an argument of his grace, in calling the Gentiles to his communion, and soon after complaining of the obstinate disobedience of the refractory Jews, who had for so long a time despised the divine power. I have spread out my hands, in the next verse, signifies, "I have taught, intreated, or called;" to each of which actions spreading out of the hands... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:1

1. I am sought—Hebrew, "I have granted access unto Me to them," c. (so :-, "Should I be inquired of" :-). found— :- renders this, "I was made manifest." As an instance of the sentiment in the clause, "I am sought," c., see John 12:21 of the sentiment in this clause, Acts 9:5. Compare as to the Gentile converts, Ephesians 2:12; Ephesians 2:13. Behold me— (Ephesians 2:13- :). nation . . . not called by my name—that is, the Gentiles. God retorts in their own words (Ephesians 2:13- :) that their... read more