Isaiah 65:2 “All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk…”

Isaiah 65:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

World English Bible

I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

American Standard Version

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue spred out mine handes all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walked in a way that was not good, euen after their owne imaginations:

Darby Translation

I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;

Young's Literal Translation

I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.

Bible in Basic English

All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;

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Cross references

“spread”

Romans 10:21 Proverbs 1:24 Matthew 23:37 Luke 13:34 Luke 19:41 Luke 19:42

Romans 10:21 · BSB

But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

Proverbs 1:24 · BSB

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Matthew 23:37 · BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 13:34 · BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 19:41 · BSB

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

Luke 19:42 · BSB

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

“a rebellious”

Isaiah 1:2 Isaiah 63:10 Jeremiah 5:23 Deuteronomy 9:7 Deuteronomy 31:27 Ezekiel 2:3–7

Isaiah 1:2 · BSB

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Isaiah 63:10 · BSB

But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Jeremiah 5:23 · BSB

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

Deuteronomy 9:7 · BSB

Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.

Deuteronomy 31:27 · BSB

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Ezekiel 2:3–7 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

“which”

Psalm 36:4 Proverbs 16:29 Isaiah 59:7 Isaiah 59:8

Psalm 36:4 · BSB

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Proverbs 16:29 · BSB

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

Isaiah 59:7 · BSB

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Isaiah 59:8 · BSB

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

“after”

Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 7:24 Romans 2:5 Genesis 6:5 Deuteronomy 29:19 Jeremiah 3:17

Jeremiah 4:14 · BSB

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Jeremiah 7:24 · BSB

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Genesis 6:5 · BSB

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Deuteronomy 29:19 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

Jeremiah 3:17 · BSB

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Also

Psalm 81:11–12 Isaiah 66:18 Isaiah 1:23

Psalm 81:11–12 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Isaiah 66:18 · BSB

“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

Isaiah 1:23 · BSB

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

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

In context

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!’

3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

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