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The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me;[a]
I appeared to those who did not look for me.[b]
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation that did not invoke[c] my name.
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.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:1 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”
  2. Isaiah 65:1 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”
  3. Isaiah 65:1 tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”
  4. Isaiah 65:2 tn Heb “who walked [in] the way that is not good, after their thoughts.”