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.

I am sought {H1875} of them that asked {H7592} not {H3808} for me; I am found {H4672} of them that sought {H1245} me not {H3808}: I said {H559}, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation {H1471} that was not called {H7121} by my name {H8034}.

"I made myself accessible to those who didn't ask for me, I let myself be found by those who didn't seek me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation not called by my name.

“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!’

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.

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Cross-References

  • Romans 10:20 (36 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 9:24 (20 votes)

    Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

  • Romans 9:26 (20 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

  • 1 Peter 2:10 (17 votes)

    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.

  • Ephesians 2:12 (13 votes)

    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:

  • Ephesians 2:13 (13 votes)

    But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

  • Hosea 1:10 (10 votes)

    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 people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.