Isaiah 65:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-7

Isaiah 65:1-Judges : . Retribution Awaits those who Cling to the Old Ritual Practices and Refuse to Adhere to the Reformed Religion.— Yahweh declares His readiness to respond to this people, but they would not approach Him or call upon ( mg., cf. VSS) His name. “ I made,” He says, “ unceasing entreaty to them, unruly as they were, but they steadfastly adhered to their own evil ways, insulting Me in My own holy city by their grove-worship and incense-burning. They pass the night among the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out my hands; applied to the Jews, Romans 10:21, I have stretched out my hands; that is, I have used all probable means to reduce them, I have stretched out the hands of a passionate orator to persuade them, of a tender mother to protect and defend them, of a liberal benefactor to lead them with my benefits; this I have done continually in the whole course of my providence with them, yet they are a rebellious people. Paul expounded it by, απειθουντα και αντιγεγοντα, a people not... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-25

Chapter 65Now God answers the prayer offered by the remnant of the people and He said,I am sought of them that asked not for me ( Isaiah 65:1 );Here's the remnant of the Jewish people calling to God. "If You've forsaken us, won't You remember us?" and all this. And God answers them and He says, "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 to a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:1-25

Isaiah 65:4 . Which remain among the graves. The LXX add, dream. Perhaps Jude had this text in his eye, when he calls the wicked “filthy dreamers.” See Augustine’s city of God. Which eat swine’s flesh, forbidden by the law, Leviticus 11:26, as less healthy than beef and mutton, and tending to scrophulous disease, as stated by Dr. Buchan. Isaiah 65:10 . The valley of Achor. This valley was very fertile, a presentiment of what the earth shall be in the latter day. Another prophet... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 65:2

Isa 65:2 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; Ver. 2. I have spread out my hands. ] As preachers use to do, Pro 1:24 Act 26:1 or as those that invite and beckon others to themselves with the hand. See Matthew 11:28 . Unto a rebellious people. ] Whose destruction therefore is of themselves, since they will not be ruled, reclaimed. After their own thoughts. ] Which were evil, only evil,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 65:2

spread: Proverbs 1:24, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, Luke 19:41, Luke 19:42, Romans 10:21 a rebellious: Isaiah 1:2, Isaiah 63:10, Deuteronomy 9:7, Deuteronomy 31:27, Jeremiah 5:23, Ezekiel 2:3-Judges :, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16 which: Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8, Psalms 36:4, Proverbs 16:29 after: Isaiah 55:7, Genesis 6:5, Numbers 15:39, Deuteronomy 29:19, Psalms 81:12, Jeremiah 3:17, Jeremiah 4:14, Jeremiah 7:24, Matthew 12:33, Matthew 12:34, Matthew... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 65:2

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;I have spread — 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. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-2

1, 2. Sought of them that asked not The first verse refers to the Gentiles; the second to the Jews. So St. Paul in Romans 10:20-21. The rendering of Delitzsch is: “I was discernible to those who did not inquire.” They had the ability to apprehend God from natural reason, and from pervasive influence of the ever-revealing Logos. Found of them that sought me not “The grace of God, that bringeth salvation,” Which “hath appeared to all men,” (Titus 2:10,) was a gift to heathen consciences,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1-25

THE LAST CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL, Isaiah 63:7 to Isaiah 65:25. Israel’s former Mercies and Sins. There are various schemes of division of the matter now following. The one here adopted as best, is that of two well-defined sections, namely, The Last Controversy of Israel, with subdivisions as the topics vary, (Isaiah 63:7 to Isaiah 65:25,) and The Full Redemption of Zion, comprising chapter 66. read more