Isaiah 65:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

The apostle Paul (an expositor we may depend upon) has given us the true sense of these verses, and told us what was the event they pointed at and were fulfilled in, namely, the calling in of the Gentiles and the rejection of the Jews, by the preaching of the gospel, Rom. 10:20, 21. And he observes that herein Esaias is very bold, not only in foretelling a thing so improbable ever to be brought about, but in foretelling it to the Jews, who would take it as a gross affront to their nation, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:1

I am sought of them that asked not for me ,.... That this is a prophecy of the calling and conversion of the Gentiles is not to be doubted, since the Apostle Paul has quoted it, and applied it to that case, Romans 10:20 and is here mentioned as an aggravation of the sin of the Jews, in rejecting Christ, when the Gentiles received him; and was the reason of their being rejected of God, and the Gospel being taken away from them, and given to another people, and of the Lord's removing his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1

I am sought of them that asked not for me "I am made known to those that asked not for me" - נדרשתי nidrashti , εμφανης εγενομην , the Septuagint, Alexandrian, and St. Paul, Romans 10:20 ; who has however inverted the order of the phrases, εμφανης εγενομην , "I was made manifest, "and ευρεδην , "I was found, "from that which they have in the Septuagint. נדרשתי nidrashti means, "I am sought so as to be found." Vitringa. If this be the true meaning of the word, then שאלו ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1

I am sought ; rather, inquired of , or consulted (comp. Ezekiel 14:3 ; Ezekiel 20:3 , Ezekiel 20:31 ). The application of the text by St. Paul ( Romans 10:20 ) to the calling of the Gentiles will be felt by all believers in inspiration to preclude the interpretation which supposes Israel to be the subject of Isaiah 65:1 no less than of Isaiah 65:2-7 . I said, Behold me . This was the first step in the conversion of the Gentiles. God called them by his messengers, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-3

Divine reproaches. In the two previous chapters we find. the prophet, pleading in the name of Israel, had urged that God kept strange silence when his people were so long held captive, and their land lay so desolate. In this chapter we have the Divine answer to the prophet's plea. There was good reason for the long delay. Instead of the people reproaching their God, their God might much more reasonably reproach them, for they had rejected his long and earnest appeals; they had put the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

SECTION XI .— GOD 'S ANSWER TO THE EXILES ' PRAYER ( Isaiah 65:1-25 .) ISRAEL 'S SUFFERINGS THE JUST MEED OF THEIR SINS . God's mercy is such that it even overflows upon those who are outside the covenant ( Isaiah 65:1 ). It has been offered to Israel, but Israel has rejected it . Their rebellion, their idolatries, and their pride have caused, and must continue to cause, their punishment ( Isaiah 65:2-7 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

The offensiveness and the doom of sin. The passage brings out in a very graphic form— I. THE OFFENSIVENESS OF SIN . 1 . Assumption. "Walking after their own thoughts" instead of reverently inquiring God's will ( Isaiah 65:2 ). 2 . Positive disobedience in the manner of Divine worship ( Isaiah 65:3 ). 3 . Superstitious practices , implying discontent with the disclosures God had made in his holy Word ( Isaiah 65:4 ). 4 . Irreligious self-indulgence ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-10

Threatenings and promises. Both, as it would appear, addressed to the chosen people, though many, including St. Paul, apply the earlier part of the passage to the conversion of the Gentiles. There is a polytheistic party, and a party of true believers in the nation. I. GOD BEFOREHAND WITH MEN . He "allows himself to be consulted;" he "offers answers," or "is heard" by those who came not to consult him. He was "at hand to those who did not seek him." To a nation that did not... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 65:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:1-10

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

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

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