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Selected Verse: Isaiah 65:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Isa 65:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, it is written [03789] before [06440] me: I will not keep silence [02814], but will recompense [07999], even recompense [07999] into their bosom [02436], |
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King James |
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, |
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] |
written before me--"it is decreed by Me," namely, what follows (Job 13:26), [MAURER]; or, their guilt is recorded before Me (compare Dan 7:10; Rev 20:12; Mal 3:16).
into . . . bosom-- (Psa 79:12; Jer 32:18; Luk 6:38). The Orientals used the loose fold of the garment falling on "the bosom" or lap, as a receptacle for carrying things. The sense thus is: I will repay their sin so abundantly that the hand will not be able to receive it; it will need the spacious fold on the bosom to contain it [ROSENMULLER]. Rather it is, "I will repay it to the very person from whom it has emanated." Compare "God did render the evil of the men of Shechem upon their heads" (Jdg 9:57; Psa 7:16) [GESENIUS]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Behold, it is written before me - That is, the crimes of which they had been guilty, or the sentence which would be consequent thereon. The allusion is to the custom of having the decrees of kings recorded in a volume or on a table, and kept in their presence, so that they might be seen and not forgotten. An allusion to this custom of opening the books containing a record of this kind on trials, occurs in Dan 7:10, 'The judgment was set, and the books were opened.' So also Rev 20:12, 'And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.' So here. An impartial record had been made, and God would recompense them according to their deeds.
I will not keep silence - Nothing shall compel me to desist from declaring a sentence which shall be just and right.
But will recompense, even recompense - That is, I will certainly requite them. The word is repeated in accordance with the usual manner in Hebrew to denote emphasis.
Into their bosom - (See Psa 79:12; Jer 32:18; Luk 6:38). The word bosom, here refers to a custom among the Orientals of making the bosom or front of their garments large and loose, so that articles could be carried in them, answering the purpose of our pockets (compare Exo 4:6-7; Pro 6:27). The sense here is, that God would abundantly punish them for their sins. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The justice of God will not rest till it has procured for itself the fullest satisfaction. "Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence without having recompensed, and I will recompense into their bosom. Your offences, and the offences of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that they have burned incense upon the mountains, and insulted me upon the hills, and I measure their reward first of all into their bosom." Vitringa has been misled by such passages as Isa 10:1; Job 13:26; Jer 22:30, in which kâthabh (kittēbh) is used to signify a written decree, and understands by khethūbhâh the sentence pronounced by God; but the reference really is to their idolatrous conduct and contemptuous defiance of the laws of God. This is ever before Him, written in indelible characters, waiting for the day of vengeance; for, according to the figurative language of Scripture, there are heavenly books, in which the good and evil works of men are entered. And this agrees with what follows: "I will not be silent, without having first repaid," etc. The accentuation very properly places the tone upon the penultimate of the first shillamtı̄ as being a pure perfect, and upon the last syllable of the second as a perf. consec. אם כּי preceded by a future and followed by a perfect signifies, "but if (without having) first," etc. (Isa 55:10; Gen 32:27; Lev 22:6; Rut 3:18; cf., Jdg 15:7). The original train of thought was, "I will not keep silence, for I shall first of all keep silence when," etc. Instead of ‛al chēqâm, "Upon their bosom," we might have 'el chēqâm, into their bosom, as in Jer 32:18; Psa 79:12. In Isa 65:7 the keri really has 'el instead of ‛al, whilst in Isa 65:9 the chethib is ‛al without any keri (for the figure itself, compare Luk 6:38, "into your bosom"). The thing to be repaid follows in Isa 65:7; it is not governed, however, by shillamtı̄, as the form of the address clearly shows, but by 'ăshallēm understood, which may easily be supplied. Whether 'ăsher is to be taken in the sense of qui or quod (that), it is hardly possible to decide; but the construction of the sentence favours the latter. Sacrificing "upon mountains and hills" (and, what is omitted, here, "under every green tree") is the well-known standing phrase used to describe the idolatry of the times preceding the captivity (cf., Isa 57:7; Hos 4:13; Eze 6:13). וּמדּתי points back to veshillamtı̄ in Isa 65:6, after the object has been more precisely defined. Most of the modern expositors take ראשׁנה פעלּתם together, in the sense of "their former wages," i.e., the recompense previously deserved by their fathers. But in this case the concluding clause would only affirm, by the side of Isa 65:7, that the sins of the fathers would be visited upon them. Moreover, this explanation has not only the accents against it, but also the parallel in Jer 16:18 (see Hitzig), which evidently stands in a reciprocal relation to the passage before us. Consequently ri'shōnâh must be an adverb, and the meaning evidently is, that the first thing which Jehovah had to do by virtue of His holiness was to punish the sins of the apostate Israelites; and He would so punish them that inasmuch as the sins of the children were merely the continuation of the fathers' sins, the punishment would be measured out according to the desert of both together. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Behold - They may think I take no notice of these things; but I will as certainly remember them, as princes or great men that record things in writing which they would not forget. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Behold, it is written before me - Their sin is registered in heaven, calling aloud for the punishment due to it.
I will - recompense into their bosom - The bosom is the place where the Asiatics have their pockets, and not in their skirts like the inhabitants of the west. Their loose flowing garments have scarcely any thing analogous to skirts.
Into their bosom - For על al, ten MSS. and five editions have אל el. So again at the end of this verse, seventeen MSS. and four editions have אל al. - L. |
16 His mischief [05999] shall return [07725] upon his own head [07218], and his violent [02555] dealing shall come down [03381] upon his own pate [06936].
57 And all the evil [07451] of the men [0582] of Shechem [07927] did God [0430] render [07725] upon their heads [07218]: and upon them came [0935] the curse [07045] of Jotham [03147] the son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378].
38 Give [1325], and [2532] it shall be given [1325] unto you [5213]; good [2570] measure [3358], pressed down [4085], and [2532] shaken together [4531], and [2532] running over [5240], shall men give [1325] into [1519] your [5216] bosom [2859]. For [1063] with the same [846] measure [3358] that [3739] ye mete withal [3354] it shall be measured [488] to you [5213] again [488].
18 Thou shewest [06213] lovingkindness [02617] unto thousands [0505], and recompensest [07999] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] into the bosom [02436] of their children [01121] after [0310] them: the Great [01419], the Mighty [01368] God [0410], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], is his name [08034],
12 And render [07725] unto our neighbours [07934] sevenfold [07659] into their bosom [02436] their reproach [02781], wherewith they have reproached [02778] thee, O Lord [0136].
16 Then they that feared [03373] the LORD [03068] spake often [01696] one [0376] to another [07453]: and the LORD [03068] hearkened [07181], and heard [08085] it, and a book [05612] of remembrance [02146] was written [03789] before [06440] him for them that feared [03373] the LORD [03068], and that thought [02803] upon his name [08034].
12 And [2532] I saw [1492] the dead [3498], small [3398] and [2532] great [3173], stand [2476] before [1799] God [2316]; and [2532] the books [975] were opened [455]: and [2532] another [243] book [975] was opened [455], which [3739] is [2076] the book of life [2222]: and [2532] the dead [3498] were judged [2919] out of [1537] those things which were written [1125] in [1722] the books [975], according to [2596] their [846] works [2041].
10 A fiery [05135] stream [05103] issued [05047] and came forth [05312] from [04481] before [06925] him: thousand [0506] thousands [0506] ministered [08120] unto him, and ten thousand [07240] times ten thousand [07240] stood [06966] before [06925] him: the judgment [01780] was set [03488], and the books [05609] were opened [06606].
26 For thou writest [03789] bitter things [04846] against me, and makest me to possess [03423] the iniquities [05771] of my youth [05271].
27 Can a man [0376] take [02846] fire [0784] in his bosom [02436], and his clothes [0899] not be burned [08313]?
6 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] furthermore [05750] unto him, Put [0935] now thine hand [03027] into thy bosom [02436]. And he put [0935] his hand [03027] into his bosom [02436]: and when he took [03318] it out, behold, his hand [03027] was leprous [06879] as snow [07950].
7 And he said [0559], Put [07725] thine hand [03027] into thy bosom [02436] again [07725]. And he put [07725] his hand [03027] into his bosom [02436] again [07725]; and plucked [03318] it out of his bosom [02436], and, behold, it was turned again [07725] as his other flesh [01320].
38 Give [1325], and [2532] it shall be given [1325] unto you [5213]; good [2570] measure [3358], pressed down [4085], and [2532] shaken together [4531], and [2532] running over [5240], shall men give [1325] into [1519] your [5216] bosom [2859]. For [1063] with the same [846] measure [3358] that [3739] ye mete withal [3354] it shall be measured [488] to you [5213] again [488].
18 Thou shewest [06213] lovingkindness [02617] unto thousands [0505], and recompensest [07999] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] into the bosom [02436] of their children [01121] after [0310] them: the Great [01419], the Mighty [01368] God [0410], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], is his name [08034],
12 And render [07725] unto our neighbours [07934] sevenfold [07659] into their bosom [02436] their reproach [02781], wherewith they have reproached [02778] thee, O Lord [0136].
12 And [2532] I saw [1492] the dead [3498], small [3398] and [2532] great [3173], stand [2476] before [1799] God [2316]; and [2532] the books [975] were opened [455]: and [2532] another [243] book [975] was opened [455], which [3739] is [2076] the book of life [2222]: and [2532] the dead [3498] were judged [2919] out of [1537] those things which were written [1125] in [1722] the books [975], according to [2596] their [846] works [2041].
10 A fiery [05135] stream [05103] issued [05047] and came forth [05312] from [04481] before [06925] him: thousand [0506] thousands [0506] ministered [08120] unto him, and ten thousand [07240] times ten thousand [07240] stood [06966] before [06925] him: the judgment [01780] was set [03488], and the books [05609] were opened [06606].
18 And first [07223] I will recompense [07999] their iniquity [05771] and their sin [02403] double [04932]; because they have defiled [02490] my land [0776], they have filled [04390] mine inheritance [05159] with the carcases [05038] of their detestable [08251] and abominable things [08441].
7 Your iniquities [05771], and the iniquities [05771] of your fathers [01] together [03162], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which have burned incense [06999] upon the mountains [02022], and blasphemed [02778] me upon the hills [01389]: therefore will I measure [04058] their former [07223] work [06468] into their bosom [02436].
6 Behold, it is written [03789] before [06440] me: I will not keep silence [02814], but will recompense [07999], even recompense [07999] into their bosom [02436],
13 Then shall ye know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when their slain [02491] men shall be among [08432] their idols [01544] round about [05439] their altars [04196], upon every high [07311] hill [01389], in all the tops [07218] of the mountains [02022], and under every green [07488] tree [06086], and under every thick [05687] oak [0424], the place [04725] where they did offer [05414] sweet [05207] savour [07381] to all their idols [01544].
13 They sacrifice [02076] upon the tops [07218] of the mountains [02022], and burn incense [06999] upon the hills [01389], under oaks [0437] and poplars [03839] and elms [0424], because the shadow [06738] thereof is good [02896]: therefore your daughters [01323] shall commit whoredom [02181], and your spouses [03618] shall commit adultery [05003].
7 Upon a lofty [01364] and high [05375] mountain [02022] hast thou set [07760] thy bed [04904]: even thither wentest thou up [05927] to offer [02076] sacrifice [02077].
7 Your iniquities [05771], and the iniquities [05771] of your fathers [01] together [03162], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which have burned incense [06999] upon the mountains [02022], and blasphemed [02778] me upon the hills [01389]: therefore will I measure [04058] their former [07223] work [06468] into their bosom [02436].
38 Give [1325], and [2532] it shall be given [1325] unto you [5213]; good [2570] measure [3358], pressed down [4085], and [2532] shaken together [4531], and [2532] running over [5240], shall men give [1325] into [1519] your [5216] bosom [2859]. For [1063] with the same [846] measure [3358] that [3739] ye mete withal [3354] it shall be measured [488] to you [5213] again [488].
9 And I will bring forth [03318] a seed [02233] out of Jacob [03290], and out of Judah [03063] an inheritor [03423] of my mountains [02022]: and mine elect [0972] shall inherit [03423] it, and my servants [05650] shall dwell [07931] there.
7 Your iniquities [05771], and the iniquities [05771] of your fathers [01] together [03162], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which have burned incense [06999] upon the mountains [02022], and blasphemed [02778] me upon the hills [01389]: therefore will I measure [04058] their former [07223] work [06468] into their bosom [02436].
12 And render [07725] unto our neighbours [07934] sevenfold [07659] into their bosom [02436] their reproach [02781], wherewith they have reproached [02778] thee, O Lord [0136].
18 Thou shewest [06213] lovingkindness [02617] unto thousands [0505], and recompensest [07999] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] into the bosom [02436] of their children [01121] after [0310] them: the Great [01419], the Mighty [01368] God [0410], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], is his name [08034],
7 And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto them, Though [0518] ye have done [06213] this [02063], yet will I be avenged [05358] of you, and after [0310] that I will cease [02308].
18 Then said [0559] she, Sit still [03427], my daughter [01323], until thou know [03045] how the matter [01697] will fall [05307]: for the man [0376] will not be in rest [08252], until [0518] he have finished [03615] the thing [01697] this day [03117].
6 The soul [05315] which hath touched [05060] any such shall be unclean [02930] until even [06153], and shall not eat [0398] of the holy things [06944], unless [0518] he wash [07364] his flesh [01320] with water [04325].
27 And he said [0559] unto him, What is thy name [08034]? And he said [0559], Jacob [03290].
10 For as the rain [01653] cometh down [03381], and the snow [07950] from heaven [08064], and returneth [07725] not thither, but watereth [07301] the earth [0776], and maketh it bring forth [03205] and bud [06779], that it may give [05414] seed [02233] to the sower [02232], and bread [03899] to the eater [0398]:
30 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Write [03789] ye this man [0376] childless [06185], a man [01397] that shall not prosper [06743] in his days [03117]: for no man [0376] of his seed [02233] shall prosper [06743], sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], and ruling [04910] any more in Judah [03063].
26 For thou writest [03789] bitter things [04846] against me, and makest me to possess [03423] the iniquities [05771] of my youth [05271].
1 Woe [01945] unto them that decree [02710] unrighteous [0205] decrees [02711], and that write [03789] grievousness [05999] which they have prescribed [03789];