Isaiah 65:1

World English Bible (2000)

"I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

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  • Rom 10:20 : 20 Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."
  • Eph 2:12-13 : 12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
  • Rom 9:24-26 : 24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved." 26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'
  • Isa 2:2-3 : 2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 63:19 : 19 We have become as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.
  • Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 who in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
  • Isa 40:9 : 9 You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don't be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold, your God!"
  • Isa 41:27 : 27 I am the first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look at them;' and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 43:1 : 1 But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
  • Isa 45:22 : 22 "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Isa 55:5 : 5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
  • Zech 8:22-23 : 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh." 23 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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    19 But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."

    20 Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."

    21 But as to Israel he says, "All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

  • Isa 65:2
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    2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

  • Isa 55:5-6
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    5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."

    6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

  • Prov 1:28
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    28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

  • Jer 29:12-14
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    12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

    13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

    14 I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

  • Isa 45:19
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    19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

  • Isa 45:4-5
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    4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.

    5 I am Yahweh, and there is none else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;

  • Acts 15:17
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    17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.

  • Prov 1:24
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    24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

  • Isa 58:2
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    2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
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    4 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

  • Hos 2:23
    70%

    23 I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, 'My God!'"

  • Isa 65:12
    69%

    12 I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."

  • Rom 9:25-26
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    25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."

    26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"

  • Amos 5:4
    69%

    4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

  • Zeph 1:6
    69%

    6 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

  • Prov 8:17
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    17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

  • Ps 81:11
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    11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

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    22 "Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

  • Amos 8:12
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    12 They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.

  • Jer 7:13
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    13 Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:

  • Hos 5:6
    68%

    6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

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    67%

    27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

  • Isa 64:7
    67%

    7 There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.

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    6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore [they shall know] in that day that I am he who does speak; behold, it is I."

  • Isa 48:12
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    12 "Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21 But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."

  • Isa 62:12
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    12 They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  • Isa 44:7
    67%

    7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

  • Isa 66:4
    67%

    4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."

  • Prov 7:15
    67%

    15 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

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    67%

    24 It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

  • Jer 2:31
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    31 Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'

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    9 You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;'

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    11 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

  • Isa 43:22
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    22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

  • Jer 2:5
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    5 Thus says Yahweh, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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    17 therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.

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  • Isa 63:19
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    19 We have become as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.