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God’s Response

65 “I let myself be sought by those who didn’t ask for me;[a]
    I let myself be found by those who didn’t seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
    to a nation that didn’t call on my name.
I held out my hands all day long
    to a disobedient[b] people,
who walk in a way that isn’t good,
    following their own inclinations—
a people who continually provoke me to my face;
    they[c] keep sacrificing in gardens
        and waving their hands[d] over stone[e] altars;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:1 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads ask
  2. Isaiah 65:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads an obstinate
  3. Isaiah 65:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads who
  4. Isaiah 65:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and offering incense
  5. Isaiah 65:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read brick

Judgment and Salvation

65 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
    I was found by those who did not seek me.(A)
To a nation(B) that did not call on my name,(C)
    I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(D)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(E)
a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(F)
offering sacrifices in gardens(G)
    and burning incense(H) on altars of brick;

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