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Isaiah 65:1

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The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me;1

I appeared to those who did not look for me.2

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke3 my name.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”
  2. 2 Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”
  3. 3 Heb “call out in”; , , “call on.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;

I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, “Here I am, here I am,”

to a nation that was not called by my name.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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 on my name,

I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I was sought by those who did not ask;

I was found by those who did not seek me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’

to a nation that did not call on my name.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord says,

“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.

I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’

to a nation that did not call on my name.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I let myself be sought by those who did not ask;

I let myself be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, ‘Here I am; here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name;

KJV 1900King James Version

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.