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Selected Verse: Isaiah 65:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 65:2 |
Strong Concordance |
I have spread out [06566] my hands [03027] all the day [03117] unto a rebellious [05637] people [05971], which walketh [01980] in a way [01870] that was not good [02896], after [0310] their own thoughts [04284]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
spread out . . . hands--inviting them earnestly (Pro 1:24).
all . . . day--continually, late and early (Jer 7:13).
rebellious people--Israel, whose rebellion was the occasion of God's turning to the Gentiles (Rom 11:11-12, Rom 11:15).
way . . . not good--that is, the very reverse of good, very bad (Eze 36:31). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I have spread out my hands - To spread out the hands is an action denoting invitation or entreaty Pro 1:24. The sense is, that God had invited the Jews constantly to partake of his favors, but they had been rebellious, and had rejected his offers.
All the day - I have not ceased to do it. The Chaldee renders this, 'I sent my prophets all the day to a rebellious people.'
Unto a rebellious people - (See the notes at Isa 1:2). Paul renders this, Πρὸς λαον ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα Pros laon apeithounta kai antilegonta - 'Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people;' but the sense is substantially preserved.
Which walketh - In what way they did this, the prophet specifies in the following verse. This is the general reason why he had rejected them, and why he had resolved to make the offer of salvation to the Gentiles. This, at first, was a reason for the calamities which God had brought upon the nation in the suffering of the exile, but it also contains a general principle of which that was only one specimen. They had been rebellious, and God had brought this calamity upon them. It would be also true in future times, that he would reject them and offer salvation to the pagan world, and would be found by those who had never sought for him or called on his name. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I have spread - Applied to the Jews, Rom 10:21. I have stretched out my hands, I have used all means to reduce them, I have stretched out the hands of a passionate orator to persuade them, of a liberal benefactor to load them with my benefits; this I have done continually in the whole course of my providence with them. |
31 Then shall ye remember [02142] your own evil [07451] ways [01870], and your doings [04611] that were not good [02896], and shall lothe [06962] yourselves in your own sight [06440] for your iniquities [05771] and for your abominations [08441].
15 For [1063] if [1487] the casting away [580] of them [846] be the reconciling [2643] of the world [2889], what [5101] shall the receiving [4356] of them be, but [1508] life [2222] from [1537] the dead [3498]?
11 I say [3004] then [3767], [3361] Have they stumbled [4417] that [2443] they should fall [4098]? God forbid [3361] [1096]: but [235] rather through their [846] fall [3900] salvation [4991] is come unto the Gentiles [1484], for to [1519] provoke [3863] them [846] to jealousy [3863].
12 Now [1161] if [1487] the fall [3900] of them [846] be the riches [4149] of the world [2889], and [2532] the diminishing [2275] of them [846] the riches [4149] of the Gentiles [1484]; how [4214] much more [3123] their [846] fulness [4138]?
13 And now, because ye have done [06213] all these works [04639], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and I spake [01696] unto you, rising up early [07925] and speaking [01696], but ye heard [08085] not; and I called [07121] you, but ye answered [06030] not;
24 Because I have called [07121], and ye refused [03985]; I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027], and no man regarded [07181];
2 Hear [08085], O heavens [08064], and give ear [0238], O earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], I have nourished [01431] and brought up [07311] children [01121], and they have rebelled [06586] against me.
24 Because I have called [07121], and ye refused [03985]; I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027], and no man regarded [07181];
21 But [1161] to [4314] Israel [2474] he saith [3004], All [3650] day long [2250] I have stretched forth [1600] my [3450] hands [5495] unto [4314] a disobedient [544] and [2532] gainsaying [483] people [2992].