Isaiah 65:2 - Exposition

I have spread out my hands. Not exactly in prayer, but in expostulation (comp. Proverbs 1:24 , "I have stretched out my hand," where the verb in the Hebrew is the same). All the day; or, all day long , as in Romans 10:21 ; i.e. continually, day after day, for years—nay, for centuries. A rebellions people (comp. Isaiah 30:1 ; and see also Isaiah 1:4 , Isaiah 1:23 ; Hosea 4:16 ; Jeremiah 5:23 ; Jeremiah 6:28 ). The "rebellions people" ( 'am sorer ) is undoubtedly Israel. In a way that was not good; rather, in the way that is not good ; i.e. the "way of sinners" ( Psalms 1:1 )—the "way that leadeth to destruction" ( Matthew 7:13 ).