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Christian Standard Bible ®

Isaiah 65:2

I spread out my hands all day longto a rebellious peoplewho walk in the path that is not good,following their own thoughts.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Church;   Condescension of God;   God Continued...;   Quotations and Allusions;   Thompson Chain Reference - Rebellion;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rebellion against God;   Titles and Names of the Wicked;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Inspiration;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disciple, Discipleship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Expiation, Propitiation;   Imagination;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Servant of the Lord;   Way;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hand;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gesture;   Salvation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - High Place;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
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;
King James Version
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;
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;
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,
New Century Version
All day long I stood ready to accept people who turned against me, but the way they continue to live is not good; they do anything they want to do.
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,
World English Bible
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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue spred out mine handes all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walked in a way that was not good, euen after their owne imaginations:
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,
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,
Contemporary English Version
All day long I have reached out to stubborn and sinful people going their own way.
Complete Jewish Bible
I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who live in a way that is not good, who follow their own inclinations;
Darby Translation
I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;
Easy-to-Read Version
"All day long I stood ready to accept those who turned against me. But they kept doing whatever they wanted to do, and all they did was wrong.
George Lamsa Translation
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,
Good News Translation
I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way.
Lexham English Bible
I spread out my hands all day to a stubborn people, those who walk after their thoughts in the way that is not good,
Literal Translation
I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious people who walk in the way not good, after their own thoughts;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people, that go not the right waye, but after their owne ymaginacions:
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;
Bible in Basic English
All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;
JPS Old Testament (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;
King James Version (1611)
I haue spread out my hands all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their owne thoughts:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thus long haue I euer holden out mine handes to an vnfaythfull people that go not the right way, but after their owne imagination:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
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;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I stretchide forth myn hondis al dai to a puple vnbileueful, that goith in a weie not good, aftir her thouytis.
Update Bible Version
I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after 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;
New English Translation
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 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 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.
New Life Bible
All day long I held out My hand to a people who would not obey Me and who worked against Me. They walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
New Revised Standard
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;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have spread out my hands all the day, Unto a rebellious people, - Who walk In the way that is not good, After their own devices.
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.
Revised 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;
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.
New American Standard Bible (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,

Contextual Overview

1“I was sought by those who did not ask; 2I spread out my hands all day longto a rebellious peoplewho walk in the path that is not good,following their own thoughts.3These people continually anger meto my face,sacrificing in gardens,burning incense on bricks, 4sitting among the graves,spending nights in secret places,eating the meat of pigs,and putting polluted broth in their bowls. 5They say, ‘Keep to yourself,don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’These practices are smoke in my nostrils,a fire that burns all day long. 6Look, it is written in front of me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will repay them fully 7for your iniquities and the iniquitiesof your fathers together,”says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand reproached me on the hills,I will reward them fullyfor their former deeds.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spread: Proverbs 1:24, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, Luke 19:41, Luke 19:42, Romans 10:21

a rebellious: Isaiah 1:2, Isaiah 63:10, Deuteronomy 9:7, Deuteronomy 31:27, Jeremiah 5:23, Ezekiel 2:3-7, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16

which: Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8, Psalms 36:4, Proverbs 16:29

after: Isaiah 55:7, Genesis 6:5, Numbers 15:39, Deuteronomy 29:19, Psalms 81:12, Jeremiah 3:17, Jeremiah 4:14, Jeremiah 7:24, Matthew 12:33, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 15:19, Romans 2:5, James 1:14, James 1:15

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:20 - a very 2 Chronicles 15:4 - found of them Psalms 10:4 - thoughts Isaiah 25:11 - he shall spread Isaiah 30:1 - the rebellious Isaiah 49:4 - I have laboured Ezekiel 12:2 - thou Malachi 3:7 - Wherein John 1:36 - Behold John 3:11 - ye Romans 9:30 - the Gentiles Romans 10:20 - I was found

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have spread out mine hands all the day unto a rebellious people,.... Meaning Israel, as the apostle explains it, Romans 10:21, whom he calls a "disobedient and gainsaying people"; who believed not in Christ, obeyed not his Gospel, but contradicted and blasphemed it; and were rebellious against him, would not have him to reign over them, nor submit to his ordinances; though he most affectionately invited them, earnestly pressed and urged them, and that daily and frequently, to attend his ministry; and used all human methods to gain audience of them, and acceptance with them, but all to no purpose; see Matthew 23:37, they remained obstinate and inflexible, and so they did under the ministry of his apostles; for, notwithstanding their ill usage of him, he ordered the Gospel to be first preached to them, as it was, till they treated it with such indignity and contempt, that the apostles turned away from them to the Gentiles, as they were bid; see Acts 13:46. The Targum is,

"I sent my prophets every day, c.''

which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts in their own way, of their own devising, choosing, and approving, and which was a wicked one; and after their own imaginations and inventions; after the traditions of the elders the doctrines and commandments of men; and after a righteousness of their own, which they sought by the works of the law, and so submitted not to, but rejected the righteousness of Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have spread out my hands - To spread out the hands is an action denoting invitation or entreaty Proverbs 1:24. The sense is, that God had invited the Jews constantly to partake of his favors, but they had been rebellious, and had rejected his offers.

All the day - I have not ceased to do it. The Chaldee renders this, ‘I sent my prophets all the day to a rebellious people.’

Unto a rebellious people - (See the notes at Isaiah 1:2). Paul renders this, Πρὸς λαον ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα Pros laon apeithounta kai antilegonta - ‘Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people;’ but the sense is substantially preserved.

Which walketh - In what way they did this, the prophet specifies in the following verse. This is the general reason why he had rejected them, and why he had resolved to make the offer of salvation to the Gentiles. This, at first, was a reason for the calamities which God had brought upon the nation in the suffering of the exile, but it also contains a general principle of which that was only one specimen. They had been rebellious, and God had brought this calamity upon them. It would be also true in future times, that he would reject them and offer salvation to the pagan world, and would be found by those who had never sought for him or called on his name.


 
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