Isaiah 65:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 65:1

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I am inquired of by 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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

On the Incarnation of the Word 38:2 (373)

Who then, one might say to the Jews, is he that was made manifest? For if it is the prophet, let them say just when he was hid, afterward to appear again. And what manner of prophet is this, who was not only openly made manifest from obscurity but also stretched out his hands on the cross? None surely of the righteous, save the Word of God only, who, incorporeal by nature, appeared for our sakes in the body and suffered for all.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

But the Prophet intended to strip them of the foolish confidence of imagining that God was bound to the posterity of Abraham; for the Lord had not restricted himself to them but on an absolute condition, and if this were violated by them, they would be deprived, like covenant-breakers and traitors, of all the advantage derived from the covenant.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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, Rom 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 presence from the one to the other.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1919: “The Very Bold Prophecy” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

this is the passage which was quoted by the Apostle Paul in the 10th chapter of his Epistle to the Romans. At the 20th verse of that chapter he says—"Isaiah is very bold, and says, I was found of them that sought Me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after Me. But to Israel He says, All day long I have stretched forth My hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people." The Apostle followed the Septuagint translation, but altered the position of the clauses. We learn on Inspired authority that this is a very bold passage.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נִדְרַ֙שְׁתִּי֙	nid.Rash.ti	I let myself be consulted	H1875 →
לְל֣וֹא	le.Lo'	by [those who] not	H3808 →
שָׁאָ֔לוּ	sha.'A.lu	they had asked	H7592 →
נִמְצֵ֖אתִי	nim.Tze.ti	I let myself be found	H4672 →
לְלֹ֣א	le.Lo'	by [those who] not	H3808 →
בִקְשֻׁ֑נִי	vik.Shu.ni	they had sought me	H1245 →
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
הִנֵּ֣נִי	hi.Ne.ni	here [am] I	H2005 →
הִנֵּ֔נִי	hi.Ne.ni	here [am] I	H2005 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גּ֖וֹי	Goy	a nation	H1471 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	[which] not	H3808 →
קֹרָ֥א	ko.Ra'	it had been called	H7121 →
בִשְׁמִֽי׃	vish.Mi	by name my	H8034 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:18
  And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Galatians 4:6–7
  And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- John 1:12
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Romans 9:25–28
  As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
Romans 10:20
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
leads to
- Isaiah 65:1–2
  “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I…
- Romans 9:30
  What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
Through
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
leads to
- Hosea 2:23
  And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…