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CHAPTER LXV
_We have here a vindication of God's dealings with the Jews_,
1, 2.
_To this end the prophet points out their great hypocrisy, and_
_gives a particular enumeration of their dreadful ab...
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I AM SOUGHT OF THEM THAT ASKED NOT FOR ME - That is, by the Gentiles.
So Paul applies it in Romans 10:20. Lowth translates the word which is
rendered, ‘I am sought,’ by ‘I am made known.’ Noyes, ‘I
ha...
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CHAPTER 65
Jehovah's Answer: The Rebellious and Their Judgment,
the Faithful and Their Blessings
1. _The divine rebuke to the apostates (Isaiah 65:1) _ 2. _The elect
seed (Isaiah 65:9) _ 3. _The jud...
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RETRIBUTION AWAITS THOSE WHO CLING TO THE OLD RITUAL PRACTICES AND
REFUSE TO ADHERE TO THE REFORMED RELIGION. Yahweh declares His
readiness to respond to this people, but they would not approach Him
o...
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I AM FOUND, &C. Quoted in Romans 10:20; Romans 10:21.
BEHOLD ME. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ See note on Isaiah 24:16.
A NATION THAT WAS NOT CALLED BY MY NAME. Reference to Pentateuch
(Deuteronomy...
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Jehovah's overtures have been rejected by an obdurate people.
1 Render: I WAS TO BE ENQUIRED OF BY THOSE THAT ASKED NOT, I WAS TO
BE FOUND BY THEM THAT SOUGHT ME NOT, etc.
The first verb in each li...
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I AM SOUGHT, &C.— _I am made known to those that asked not for me,_
&c. Lowth. You observe here the Divinity introduced, urging an
argument of his grace, in calling the Gentiles to his communion, and...
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E. REFINING OF ZION, CHAPTER 65
1. CLEANSED
TEXT: Isaiah 65:1-12
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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...
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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.
In Isaiah 64:9 their plea was, "We are...
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1. Render, 'I have offered answers to those who asked not; I have been
at hand to those who sought me not.. a nation that hath not called
upon my name.' The v. refers to the Israelites who neglected J...
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These verses describe the same situation in the *Old Testament. There
are many *Israelites who would consider themselves to be the ‘people
of God’. But their daily behaviour does not agree with their...
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LXV.
(1) I AM SOUGHT OF THEM... — Is this the answer to the previous
prayer? Most commentators say “Yes;” but there is, at least, an
apparent absence of continuous sequence. A more probable view is t...
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נִדְרַ֨שְׁתִּי֙ לְ לֹ֣וא שָׁאָ֔לוּ
נִמְצֵ֖אתִי לְ לֹ֣א בִקְשֻׁ֑נִי
אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ הִנֵּ֣נִי הִנֵּ֔נִי אֶל
־גֹּ֖וי לֹֽא
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CHAPTER XXV
A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT
Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1
WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been
considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
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A SEED RESCUED FROM DESTRUCTION
Isaiah 65:1-12
The prophet now enumerates the reasons that forced the Lord to turn
aside from the Chosen People, and call in the Gentiles to occupy the
place and perf...
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In this chapter we have a graphic description of the working of the
principle of discrimination, the sifting of the people by God. There
is first a contrast between the false and the true. The rebelli...
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I am sought by [them that] (a) asked not [for me]; I am found by [them
that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation [that]
was not called by my name.
(a) Meaning, the Gentiles who k...
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_Me. God answers the preceding prayer, and announces the rejection of
the synagogue, alluding to the armies which prevailed in the days of
the Machabees. --- Not. St. Paul explains this of the convers...
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CONTENTS
We have here much, yea very much of Christ, and they who would read
this Chapter profitably, here need of much of the Spirit of Christ to
instruct them in it. Jesus, in the person of his ser...
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1._I have manifested myself. _The Prophet now passes on to another
doctrine; for he shews that God has good reason for rejecting and
casting off the Jews. It is because they have profited nothing by
e...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 64 AND 65.
The next two Chapter s give us a full revelation of the dealings of
God in answer to this appeal. First of all, God, through His grace,
had been so...
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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...
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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.
Ver. 1. _I am sought of them that...
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That in the primary sense of this text it is a prophecy of the
_conversion of the Gentiles_, upon the _rejection of the Jews_, for
their contempt and crucifying of Christ, cannot be doubted by any, wh...
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I am sought of them that asked not for Me, the Gentiles being
represented as having access to the Lord and His mercy, although they
were not members of God's covenant people; I AM FOUND OF THEM THAT
S...
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1-7 The Gentiles came to seek God, and find him, because they were
first sought and found of him. Often he meets some thoughtless trifler
or profligate opposer, and says to him, Behold me; and a spee...
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 65 The calling of the Gentiles, ISAIAH 65:1. The Jews,
for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, rejected, ISAIAH 65:2.
A remnant shall be saved, ISAIAH 65:8. Judgments on the wic...
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Isaiah 65:1 sought H1875 (H8738) not H3808 ask H7592 (H8804) found
H4672 (H8738) not H3808 seek H1245 (H8765) said H559 (H8804) nation
H1471 called H7121 (H8795) name H8034
I am sought - Isaiah 2:2-3...
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GOD REPLY IS THAT HE WILL ACT SOVEREIGNLY TO CALL A PEOPLE TO HIMSELF
AND WILL FORM A NEW NATION (ISAIAH 65:1).
Isaiah 65:1
“I am enquired of by those who did not ask for me,
I am found by those wh...
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CONTENTS: Answer of Jehovah to remnant of Israel. Eternal blessing in
the renovated earth.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Although Jehovah has long stretched forth His hand to a
disobedient and gainsa...
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Isaiah 65:4. _Which remain among the graves._ The LXX add, _dream._
Perhaps Jude had this text in his eye, when he calls the wicked
“filthy dreamers.”
_See Augustine's city of God. Which eat swine's...
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_I am sought of them that asked not for Me_
JEHOVAH’S ANSWER TO THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
The supplication is ended; and chap.
65. appears to be intended as the answer--an answer, however, in which...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 65:1 Though the people of God have unfaithful
sinners mixed among them now, he is eager to bring them into their
glorious eternal home. His eagerness is rejected by Jews but welc...
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THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES
(_Missionary Sermon._)
Isaiah 65:1. _I am sought of them that asked not for Me, &c._
It was God’s design from the beginning to call the Gentile nation
into His Church,...
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SECTION XI.—GOD'S ANSWER TO THE EXILES' PRAYER (Isaiah 65:1.)
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 65:1
ISRAEL'S SUFFERINGS THE JUST MEED OF THEIR SINS. God's mercy is such
that it even overflows upon those who are ou...
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Now God answers the prayer offered by the remnant of the people and He
said,
I am sought of them that asked not for me (Isaiah 65:1);
Here's the remnant of the Jewish people calling to God. "If You'...
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1 Peter 2:10; Ephesians 2:12; Ephesians 2:13; Hosea 1:10; Isaiah
11:10; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 41:27; Isaiah 43:1;...
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I am, &c. — This in the primary sense of this text, is a prophecy of
the conversion of the Gentiles, upon the rejection of the Jews; for
their contempt and crucifying of Christ, cannot be doubted by a...