Isaiah 65:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Rom 10:20 : 20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
  • Rom 9:24-26 : 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. 26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
  • Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it. 3 And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 63:19 : 19 We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.
  • Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
  • Isa 40:9 : 9 You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
  • Isa 41:27 : 27 I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 43:1 : 1 But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.
  • Isa 45:22 : 22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Isa 55:5 : 5 See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
  • Zech 8:22-23 : 22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord. 23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

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  • Rom 10:19-21
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    19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

    20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

    21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.

  • Isa 65:2
    76%

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

  • Isa 55:5-6
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    74%

    5 See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.

    6 Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

  • Prov 1:28
    72%

    28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

  • Jer 29:12-14
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    71%

    12 And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

    13 And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

    14 I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.

  • Isa 45:19
    71%

    19 I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

  • Isa 45:4-5
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    71%

    4 Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

    5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:

  • Acts 15:17
    70%

    17 So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

  • Prov 1:24
    70%

    24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

  • Isa 58:2
    70%

    2 Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
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    4 But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

  • Hos 2:23
    70%

    23 And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

  • Isa 65:12
    69%

    12 Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

  • Rom 9:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.

    26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.

  • Amos 5:4
    69%

    4 For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

  • Zeph 1:6
    69%

    6 And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

  • Prov 8:17
    68%

    17 Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

  • Ps 81:11
    68%

    11 But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

  • Isa 45:22
    68%

    22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

  • Amos 8:12
    68%

    12 And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

  • Jer 7:13
    68%

    13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

  • Hos 5:6
    68%

    6 They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

  • Acts 17:27
    67%

    27 So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

  • Isa 64:7
    67%

    7 But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.

  • Isa 52:6
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    6 For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.

  • Isa 48:12
    67%

    12 Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21 But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

  • Isa 62:12
    67%

    12 And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

  • Isa 44:7
    67%

    7 If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.

  • Isa 66:4
    67%

    4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

  • Prov 7:15
    67%

    15 So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

  • Isa 65:24
    67%

    24 And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

  • Jer 2:31
    67%

    31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

  • Isa 41:9
    67%

    9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:

  • Ezek 34:11
    67%

    11 For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

  • Isa 43:22
    67%

    22 But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

  • Jer 2:5
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    5 These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

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    17 For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to them, but they gave no answer.

  • Hos 1:9
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    9 And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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    8 The Lord God, who gets together the wandering ones of Israel, says, I will get together others in addition to those of Israel who have come back.

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    8 The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

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    2 Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

  • Isa 63:19
    66%

    19 We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.