Isaiah 65 · Verse 2

Isaiah 65:2

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;
Isaiah 65:2, King James Version

Isaiah 65:2 in other translations

BSBAll day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
WEBI have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
ASVI 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;
YLTI have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.
DARBYI have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;
BBEAll day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;
WebsterI 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;

What does Isaiah 65:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. spread out ... hands--inviting them earnestly (Pr 1:24). all ... day--continually, late and early (Jr 7:13). rebellious people--Israel, whose rebellion was the occasion of God's turning to the Gentiles (Ro 11:11, 12, 15). way ... not good--that is, the very reverse of good, very bad (Eze 36:31).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:1-7

The calling of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews. (Is. 65:1-7) The Lord would preserve a remnant. (Is. 65:8-10) Judgments upon the wicked. (Is. 65:11-16) The future happy and flourishing state of the church. (Is. 65:17-25) Verses 1-7 The Gentiles came to seek God, and find him, because they were first sought and found of him. Often he meets some thoughtless trifler or profligate opposer, and says to him…

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Isaiah 65:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פֵּרַ֧שְׂתִּיpe.Ras.tiI spread outH6566
יָדַ֛יya.Daihands myH3027
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיּ֖וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עַ֣ם'ama peopleH5971
סוֹרֵ֑רso.RerrebelliousH5637
הַהֹלְכִים֙ha.ho.le.Khimwho walkH1980
הַדֶּ֣רֶךְha.De.rekhthe wayH1870
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
ט֔וֹבTovgoodH2896
אַחַ֖ר'a.CharafterH310
מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם\׃mach.she.vo.tei.Hemown thoughts theirH4284

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 65:2

  • Romans 10:21

    But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

  • Jeremiah 4:14

    O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  • Proverbs 1:24

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

  • Psalms 81:11-12

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 5:23

    But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

  • Jeremiah 7:24

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

  • 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!

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • 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!

  • Acts 7:51-52

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
spread.
Pr 1:24; Mt 23:37; Lu 13:34; 19:41,42; Ro 10:21
a rebellious.
1:2; 63:10; De 9:7; 31:27; Jer 5:23; Eze 2:3-7; Ac 7:51,52
1Th 2:15,16
which.
59:7,8; Ps 36:4; Pr 16:29
after.
55:7; Ge 6:5; Nu 15:39; De 29:19; Ps 81:12; Jer 3:17; 4:14; 7:24
Mt 12:33,34; 15:19; Ro 2:5; Jas 1:14,15

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Context

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 65:2

    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;

  • Isaiah 65:3

    A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

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Isaiah 65:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Extendí mis manos todo el día á pueblo rebelde, el cual anda por camino no bueno, en pos de sus pensamientos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai étendu ma main tout le jour vers un peuple rebelle, qui marche dans une voie qui n’est pas bonne, après leurs propres pensées;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich habe den ganzen Tag meine Hände ausgebreitet zu einem widerspenstigen Volke, welches seinen eigenen Gedanken nach auf dem Wege wandelt, der nicht gut ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Expandi manus meas tota die ad populum incredulum, qui graditur in via non bona post cogitationes suas.