Isaiah 65:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 65:6

Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,

KJV

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Behold, it is written before me - Their sin is registered in heaven, calling aloud for the punishment due to it. I will - recompense into their bosom - The bosom is the place where the Asiatics have their pockets, and not in their skirts like the inhabitants of the west. Their loose flowing garments have scarcely any thing analogous to skirts. Into their bosom - For על al, ten MSS. and five editions have אל el. So again at the end of this verse, seventeen MSS. and four editions have אל al. - L.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is expounded by St. Paul, Rom. xi. 1-5 , where, when, upon occasion of the rejection of the Jews, it is asked, Hath God then cast away his people? he answers, No; for at this time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. This prophecy has reference to that distinguished remnant.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנֵּ֥ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
כְתוּבָ֖ה	khe.tu.Vah	[it is] written	H3789 →
לְפָנָ֑י	le.fa.Nai	<to> before me	H6440 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אֶחֱשֶׂה֙	'e.che.Seh	I will be silent	H2814 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּי	shi.Lam.ti	I will repay	H7999 →
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖י	ve.shi.lam.Ti	and I will repay	H7999 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
חֵיקָֽם׃	chei.Kam	bosom their	H2436 →

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
Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
leads to
- Romans 2:4–5
  Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Proverbs 29:1
  A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Isaiah 57:11
  Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear…
- Psalms 94:7–11
  They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Through
Psalms 79:12
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
leads to
- Genesis 4:15
  “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
- Jeremiah 32:18
  You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- Leviticus 26:21
  If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.