Isaiah 65:1 ““I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by tho…”

Isaiah 65:1

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

American Standard Version

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 that was not called by my name.

Geneva Bible 1599

I have bene sought of them that asked not: I was found of them that sought me not: I sayd, Beholde me, beholde me, vnto a nation that called not vpon my Name.

Darby Translation

I am sought out of them that inquired not [for me], I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

Young's Literal Translation

I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, 'Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.

Bible in Basic English

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

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Cross references

“I am sought”

Romans 10:20 Romans 9:24–26 Psalm 22:27 Isaiah 55:5 Isaiah 11:10 Romans 9:30

Romans 10:20 · BSB

And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

Romans 9:24–26 · BSB

including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

Psalm 22:27 · BSB

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Isaiah 55:5 · BSB

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

Isaiah 11:10 · BSB

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

Romans 9:30 · BSB

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

“Behold”

Isaiah 45:22 John 1:29 Isaiah 41:27 Isaiah 40:9

Isaiah 45:22 · BSB

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

John 1:29 · BSB

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Isaiah 41:27 · BSB

I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

Isaiah 40:9 · BSB

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

“unto”

1 Peter 2:10 Hosea 1:10 Isaiah 43:1 Zechariah 2:11 Isaiah 63:19 Zechariah 8:22

1 Peter 2:10 · BSB

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Hosea 1:10 · BSB

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘s…

Isaiah 43:1 · BSB

But now, this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!

Zechariah 2:11 · BSB

“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

Isaiah 63:19 · BSB

We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.

Zechariah 8:22 · BSB

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

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