But Esaias is very bold Moses had not specified howthe heathen should be the cause of jealousy and anger to Israel. But Isaiah says, in so many words, that they shall find and know God, and so become His people.

I was found, &c. Isaiah 65:1; almost verbatim with LXX., but the two clauses are inverted; perhaps to emphasize the decisive word "I was found." The Heb. is rendered by Kay, "I have let myself be enquired of by them that asked not; I have let myself be found of them that sought me not." The rest of the verse in Isaiah is conclusive for the reference to the Gentiles. The past tenses both in the Heb. and Gr. refer to the Divine viewof the whole experience of Gentiles and Israel as regards the message of mercy.

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