Isaiah 65:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

They seeke me, that hitherto haue not asked for me, they finde me, that hitherto haue not sought me: I haue saide, I am here, I am here, I am founde of a people that neuer called vpon my name.

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  • Rom 10:20 : 20 And Esaias is bolde, and sayeth: I am founde of them that sought me not: I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me.
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe, beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel, and straungers fro the testamentes of promise, hauyng no hope, & without God in this worlde. 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus, ye which sometyme were farre of, are made nye by the blood of Christe.
  • Rom 9:24-26 : 24 Whom also he called, not of ye Iewes only, but also of the Gentiles. 25 As he sayth also in Osee: I wyll call them my people, which were not my people: and her beloued, which was not beloued. 26 And it shall come to passe, that in the place where it was sayde vnto them: Ye are not my people, there shall they be called ye chyldren of the lyuyng God.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the chyldren of Israel shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was sayde vnto them, Ye are not my people: it shall be saide vnto them, Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God.
  • Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And this shall come to passe in the latter dayes: the hyll of the Lordes house shalbe prepared in the heyght of the mountaynes, and shalbe hygher then the hylles, and all nations shall preasse vnto hym. 3 And a multitude of people shall go, speakyng thus one to another come, let vs ascende to the hyll of the Lorde, to the house of the God of Iacob, and he wyll instruct vs of his wayes, and we wyll walke in his pathes: for out of Sion shall come a lawe, and the worde of the Lorde from Hierusalem:
  • Isa 63:19 : 19 And we were thyne from the beginning, when thou wast not their Lorde, for they haue not called vpon thy name.
  • Ps 22:27 : 27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God: and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes, haue obtayned righteousnesse: euen the ryghteousnesse which cometh of fayth.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are nowe the people of God: which sometime had not obteyned mercy, but nowe haue obteyned mercy.
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day shall the gentiles enquire after the roote of Iesse, whiche shalbe set vp for a token vnto the people, and his rest shalbe glorious.
  • Isa 40:9 : 9 Go vp vnto the hye hyll O Sion thou that bryngest good tidinges, lyft vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Hierusalem, lyft vp without feare, & say vnto the cities of Iuda: Beholde your God,
  • Isa 41:27 : 27 The first is he that shall say to Sion, beholde, beholde, they are present: and to Hierusalem it selfe wyll I geue an euangelist.
  • Isa 43:1 : 1 But nowe the Lorde that made thee O Iacob, and he that fashioned thee O Israel saith thus: feare not, for I haue redeemed thee, I haue called thee by thy name, thou art mine owne.
  • Isa 45:22 : 22 And therfore turne you vnto me, all ye endes of the earth, that ye may be saued: for I am God, and there is els none.
  • Isa 55:5 : 5 Lo, thou shalt call an vnknowen people: and a people that had no knowledge of thee shall runne vnto thee, because of the Lorde thy God and the holy one of Israel which glorifieth thee.
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 At the same time there shal many heathen cleaue to the lord, & shalbe my people: Thus wyll I dwell in the middest of thee, and thou shalt knowe that the lorde of hoastes hath sent me vnto thee.
  • Zech 8:22-23 : 22 Yea much people and mightie nations shal come to seeke the lorde of hoastes at Hierusalem, & to pray before the Lorde. 23 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: In that time shall ten men (out of al maner of language of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment, and say, We wyll go with you: for we haue heard that God is among you.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde.

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  • Rom 10:19-21
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    19 But I demaunde whether Israel did knowe or not? First Moyses sayth: I wyll prouoke you to enuie, by them that are no people: and by a foolyshe nation I wyll anger you.

    20 And Esaias is bolde, and sayeth: I am founde of them that sought me not: I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me.

    21 But agaynst Israel he sayeth: All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not, but speaketh agaynst me.

  • Isa 65:2
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    2 For thus long haue I euer holden out mine handes to an vnfaythfull people that go not the right way, but after their owne imagination:

  • Isa 55:5-6
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    5 Lo, thou shalt call an vnknowen people: and a people that had no knowledge of thee shall runne vnto thee, because of the Lorde thy God and the holy one of Israel which glorifieth thee.

    6 Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye.

  • Prov 1:28
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    28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:

  • Jer 29:12-14
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    12 Ye shall crye vnto me, ye shall go and call vpon me, and I wyll heare you.

    13 Ye shall seke me and fynde me, yea yf so be that you seke me with your whole heart.

    14 I wyll be founde of you, saith the Lord, and will deliuer you out of prison, and gather you together agayne out of all places wherin I haue scattered you saith the Lorde, and wyll bryng you agayne to the same place from whence I caused you to be caried away captiue.

  • Isa 45:19
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    19 I haue not spoken secretly, neither in darke places of the earth: I sayde not in vayne to the seede of Iacob, seeke me: I am the Lorde, whiche when I speake, do declare the thing that is righteous and true.

  • Isa 45:4-5
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    4 For Iacob my seruauntes sake, and for Israel my chosen, I called thee by thy name, and ordayned thee or euer thou knewest me.

    5 I am the Lord, and there is none other, for without me there is no God: I haue prepared thee or euer thou knewest me.

  • Acts 15:17
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    17 That the residue of men myght seke after the Lorde, and all the gentiles vpon whom my name is called, sayth the Lorde, which doth all these thynges.

  • Prov 1:24
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    24 Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded:

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    2 For they seeke me dayly, and wyll knowe my wayes, euen as it were a people that dyd right, and had not forsaken the statutes of their God: they aske of me concerning right iudgement, and wyll be nye vnto God.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
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    4 And when any man in his trouble did turne vnto the Lorde God of Israel and sought him, he was found of them.

  • Hos 2:23
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    23 And I wyll sowe her for my selfe in the earth, and wyll haue mercy vpon her that had not obtayned mercy: And to them whiche were not my people, I wyll say, Thou art my people: and they shall say, Thou art my God.

  • Isa 65:12
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    12 Therfore wyll I number you to the sworde, that ye shalbe destroyed altogether: for that when I called, no man gaue me aunswere, when I spake, ye hearkened not vnto me, but dyd wickednesse before mine eyes, and chose the thinges that pleased me not.

  • Rom 9:25-26
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    25 As he sayth also in Osee: I wyll call them my people, which were not my people: and her beloued, which was not beloued.

    26 And it shall come to passe, that in the place where it was sayde vnto them: Ye are not my people, there shall they be called ye chyldren of the lyuyng God.

  • Amos 5:4
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    4 For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye shall liue.

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6 Which start backe from the Lorde, and neither seke after the Lorde nor regard hym.

  • Prov 8:17
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    17 I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me.

  • Ps 81:11
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    11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not obey me.

  • Isa 45:22
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    22 And therfore turne you vnto me, all ye endes of the earth, that ye may be saued: for I am God, and there is els none.

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    12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, & from the north euen vnto the east shal they run to and fro to seke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it.

  • Jer 7:13
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    13 And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde, and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you, yet would ye not heare me, I called, ye would not aunswere:

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    6 They shall come with their sheepe and bullockes to seeke the Lorde, but they shall not finde hym: for he is gone from them.

  • Acts 17:27
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    27 That they shoulde seke the Lorde, yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym, though he be not farre fro euery one of vs.

  • Isa 64:7
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    7 There is no man that calleth vpon thy name, that standeth vp to take hold by thee: therefore hidest thou thy face from vs, and consumest vs, because of our sinnes.

  • Isa 52:6
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    6 But that my people may knowe my name, I my selfe wyll speake in that day, Beholde here am I.

  • Isa 48:12
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    12 Hearken vnto me O Iacob, and Israel whom I haue called: I am euen he that is, I am the first and the last.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21 But as it is written: To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that hearde not, shall vnderstande.

  • Isa 62:12
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    12 For they whom the Lorde deliuereth, shalbe called the holy people: and as for thee, thou shalt be named the greatlye occupied, and not the forsaken citie.

  • Isa 44:7
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    7 If any be like me, let hym call foorth the thing past, and openly shewe it, and lay it playne before me, what hath chaunced since I appointed the people of the worlde, and what shalbe shortly, or what shal come to passe in tyme long to come let them shewe these thinges?

  • Isa 66:4
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    4 Therfore wyll I also haue pleasure in laughyng them to scorne, & the thyng that they feare will I bring vpon them: For when I called, no man gaue aunswere, when I spake, they woulde not heare: but did wickednesse before mine eyes, and chose the thynges that displeased me.

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    15 Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee.

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    24 And it shalbe, that or euer they call, I shall aunswere them, whyle they are yet but thinking howe to speake, I shal heare them.

  • Jer 2:31
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    31 Oh generation, hearken vnto the worde of the Lorde: Am I become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel? or a lande that hath no lyght? wherfore saith my people then, We are lordes, we wyll come no more vnto thee?

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    9 Thou art he whom I led from the endes of the earth: for I called thee euen from among the glorious men of it, and sayd vnto thee, Thou art my seruaunt, I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

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    11 For thus saith the Lorde God: behold, I euen I wyll loke to my sheepe my selfe, and seeke them out.

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    22 For thou Iacob wouldest not call vppon me, but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me O Israel.

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    5 Thus saith the Lorde, What vnfaithfulnesse founde your fathers in me, that they went so farre away fro me, fallyng to lightnesse, and beyng so vayne?

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    17 And therfore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, the God of Israel: Beholde, I wyll bryng vpon Iuda, and vpon euery one that dwelleth in Hierusalem, all the trouble that I haue deuised against them: For I haue spoken vnto them, but they woulde not folowe, I haue called vnto them, neuerthelesse they woulde geue me no aunswere.

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    9 Then sayd he, Call his name Loammi that is, not my people: for ye are not my people, therefore I wyll not be your God.

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    8 Thus saith the Lorde God which gathereth together the scattered of Israel: I wyll bryng yet an other congregation to hym.

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    8 The priestes them selues sayde not, Where is the Lord? They that had the lawe in their handes knewe me not, the sheepheardes offended agaynst me, the prophetes did prophecie in Baal, and folowed such thinges as shal bryng them no profite.

  • Isa 50:2
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    2 For why woulde no man receaue me when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me aunswere? Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I drynke vp the sea, & of water fluddes I make drye lande: so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste.

  • Isa 63:19
    66%

    19 And we were thyne from the beginning, when thou wast not their Lorde, for they haue not called vpon thy name.