Isaiah 65:2
New International Version
All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations—

New Living Translation
All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people. But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes.

English Standard Version
I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;

Berean Standard Bible
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

King James Bible
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

New King James Version
I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts;

New American Standard Bible
“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

NASB 1995
“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

NASB 1977
“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

Legacy Standard Bible
I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

Amplified Bible
“I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious and stubborn people, Who walk in the way that is not good, [following] after their own thoughts and intentions,

Christian Standard Bible
I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the wrong path, following their own thoughts.

American Standard Version
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have stretched my hands all day to a people that is disobedient, who walk after their counsels in a way that is not beautiful

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have stretched forth my hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their sins.

Contemporary English Version
All day long I have reached out to stubborn and sinful people going their own way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts.

English Revised Version
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people. They chose to go the wrong direction. They followed their own plans.

Good News Translation
I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way.

International Standard Version
I held out my hands all day long to a disobedient people, who walk in a way that isn't good, following their own inclinations—

JPS Tanakh 1917
I have spread out My hands all the day Unto a rebellious people, That walk in a way that is not good, After their own thoughts;

Literal Standard Version
I have spread out My hands all the day | To an apostate people, | Who are going in the way [that is] not good, | After their own thoughts.

Majority Standard Bible
All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

New American Bible
I have stretched out my hands all day to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, following their own designs;

NET Bible
I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

New Revised Standard Version
I held out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;

New Heart English Bible
All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;

Webster's Bible Translation
I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

World English Bible
I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Young's Literal Translation
I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.

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Context
Judgments and Promises
1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ 2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, 3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,…

Cross References
Romans 10:21
But as for Israel he says: "All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people."

Psalm 36:4
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Psalm 81:11
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.


Treasury of Scripture

I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

spread

Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

a rebellious

Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

Deuteronomy 9:7
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

which

Isaiah 59:7,8
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths…

Psalm 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Proverbs 16:29
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

after

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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Isaiah 65
1. The calling of the Gentiles,
2. and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy
8. A remnant shall be saved
11. Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly
17. The blessed state of the new Jerusalem














(2) I have spread out my hands . . .--Here, of course, the words were meant for Israel, as St. Paul applies them. It may not be without interest to note the fact that the words stand over the portal of the Church of Santa Maria, which stands at the entrance of the Ghetto at Rome. Of how many churches at Rome and elsewhere might it not be said, "Thou art the man," "The beam is in thine own eye"?

Verse 2. - I have spread out my hands. Not exactly in prayer, but in expostulation (comp. Proverbs 1:24, "I have stretched out my hand," where the verb in the Hebrew is the same). All the day; or, all day long, as in Romans 10:21; i.e. continually, day after day, for years - nay, for centuries. A rebellions people (comp. Isaiah 30:1; and see also Isaiah 1:4, 23; Hosea 4:16; Jeremiah 5:23; Jeremiah 6:28). The "rebellions people" ('am sorer)is undoubtedly Israel. In a way that was not good; rather, in the way that is not good; i.e. the "way of sinners" (Psalm 1:1) - the "way that leadeth to destruction" (Matthew 7:13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
All day long
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

I have held out
פֵּרַ֧שְׂתִּי (pê·raś·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse

My hands
יָדַ֛י (yā·ḏay)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

an obstinate
סוֹרֵ֑ר (sō·w·rêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory

people,
עַ֣ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

who walk
הַהֹלְכִים֙ (ha·hō·lə·ḵîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in the wrong
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

path,
הַדֶּ֣רֶךְ (had·de·reḵ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

who follow
אַחַ֖ר (’a·ḥar)
Adverb
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

their own imaginations,
מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan


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