Isaiah 65:7 - Exposition

Your iniquities . This is a new sentence, not a continuation of Isaiah 65:6 , which should be closed by a full stop. It is an incomplete sentence, needing for its completion the repetition of the verb shillamti , "I will recompense." Which have burned incense upon the mountains (see 2 Kings 17:11 ; Hosea 4:13 ; Ezekiel 6:13 ; and comp. Isaiah 57:7 ). And blasphemed me; rather, reproached me (see Isaiah 37:4 , Isaiah 37:17 , Isaiah 37:23 , Isaiah 37:24 ). Therefore will I measure their former work; rather, therefore will I , first of all , measure their work into their bosom. The expression, "first of all," prepares the way for the encouraging promises of Isaiah 65:8-10 .