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Chapter 65

[a]I was ready to respond to those who did not ask,
    to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said: Here I am! Here I am!
    To a nation that did not invoke my name.(A)
I have stretched out my hands all day
    to a rebellious people,
Who walk in a way that is not good,
    following their own designs;(B)
A people who provoke me
    continually to my face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens
    and burning incense on bricks,

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Footnotes

  1. 65:1–7 These verses serve as a response to the preceding questions about God’s inaction (64:6, 11). It is not God who has been absent, but the people who have walked away from God by idolatrous acts and rituals (vv. 3–4). That is the reason for their punishment (vv. 6–7).

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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Judgment and Salvation

65 I was sought by those who did not ask for Me;
    I was found of those who did not seek Me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
    to a nation that did not call on My name.
I have spread out My hands all day
    to a rebellious people
who walk in a way that was not good,
    after their own thoughts;
a people who provoke Me continually
    to My face,
presenting sacrifices in gardens
    and burning incense on altars of brick;

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