Isaiah 65:1
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
KJV
Quæsierunt me qui ante non interrogabant ; invenerunt qui non quæsierunt me. Dixi : Ecce ego, ecce ego, ad gentem quæ non invocabat nomen meum.
Vulgate
Ἐμφανὴς ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσιν, εὑρέθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν· εἶπα Ἰδού εἰμι, τῷ ἔθνει οἳ οὐκ ἐκάλεσάν μου τὸ ὄνομα.
LXX
I am inquired of by them that asked notfor me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
ASV
נִדְרַ֨שְׁתִּי֙ לְ/ל֣וֹא שָׁאָ֔לוּ נִמְצֵ֖אתִי לְ/לֹ֣א בִקְשֻׁ֑/נִי אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ הִנֵּ֣/נִי הִנֵּ֔/נִי אֶל גּ֖וֹי לֹֽא קֹרָ֥א בִ/שְׁמִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rom 10:20 · adapted"But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me."Isaiah: I was found by those who did not seek me — Paul on Gentile call
Themes
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The Holy Ghost, throughout the Old Testament Scriptures, made mention of no other God or Lord, save him who is the true God. 1. Therefore neither would the Lord, nor the Holy Spirit, nor the apostles, have ever named as God, definitely and absolutely, him who was not God, unless he were truly God; nor would they have named any one in his own person Lord, except God the Father r…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210218.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
And again, how it was said by the same Isaiah, that the Gentile nations who were not looking for Him should worship Him, but the Jews who always expected Him should not recognise Him when He came. And the words are spoken as from the person of Christ; and they are these I was manifest to them that asked not for Me; I was found of them that sought Me not: I said, Behold Me, to a…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
- 2Chr 15:4 — But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
- Acts 15:17 — That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
- Amos 9:12 — That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
- Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Hos 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
- Isa 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unt
- Isa 6:8 — Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
- Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
- Isa 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Juda
- Isa 41:27 — The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
- Isa 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
- Isa 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
- Isa 55:5 — Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
- Isa 62:12 — And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
- Isa 63:19 — We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
- Isa 63:19 — We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
- Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he
- John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- John 1:36 — And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
- John 1:43 — The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
- John 5:6 — When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
- Luke 13:12 — And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
- Ps 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Rom 3:11 — There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
- Rom 9:16 — So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
- Rom 9:24 — Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
- Rom 9:30 — What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
- Rom 10:20 — But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
- Rom 10:20 — But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
- Rom 15:21 — But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
- Zech 2:11 — And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
- Zech 8:22 — Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.