Yesaya 65:1-3

The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; ¹ 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ² 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ³  my name.

65:2 I spread out my hands all day long

to my rebellious people,

who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable,

and who did what they desired. ⁴ 

65:3 These people continually and blatantly offend me ⁵ 

as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards ⁶ 

and burn incense on brick altars. ⁷ 

[65:1]  ¹ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

[65:1]  ² tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

[65:1]  ³ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”

[65:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “who walked [in] the way that is not good, after their thoughts.”

[65:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the people who provoke me to anger to my face continually.”

[65:3]  ⁶ tn Or “gardens” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[65:3]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps, “on tiles.”