1 Ἐμφανῆς ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσιν, εὑρέθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν· εἶπα, ἰδοὺ εἰμὶ τῷ ἔθνει, οἳ οὐκ ἐκάλεσάν μου τὸ ὄνομα. 2 Ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα, τοῖς πορευομένοις ὁδῷ οὐ καλῇ, ἀλλʼ ὀπίσω τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν. 3 Ὁ λαὸς οὗτος ὁ παροξύνων με ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ διαπαντός· αὐτοὶ θυσιάζουσιν ἐν τοῖς κήποις, καὶ θυμιῶσιν ἐπὶ ταῖς πλίνθοις τοῖς δαιμονίοις, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν· 4 Ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, καὶ ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις κοιμῶνται διὰ ἐνὺπνια, οἱ ἔσθοντες κρέας ὕειον, καὶ ζωμὸν θυσιῶν, μεμολυμμένα πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῶν, 5 οἱ λέγοντες, πόῤῥω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἐγγίσῃς μοι, ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι· Οὗτος καπνὸς τοῦ θυμοῦ μου, πῦρ καίεται ἐν αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. 6 Ἰδοὺ, γέγραπται ἐνώπιόν μου, οὐ σιωπήσω ἕως ἂν ἀποδώσω εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῶν 7 τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν, λέγει Κύριος· οἳ ἐθυμίασαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν βουνῶν ὠνείδισάν με, ἀποδώσω τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῶν. 8 Οὕτως λέγει Κύριος, ὃν τρόπον εὑρεθήσεται ὁ ῥὼξ ἐν τῷ βότρυϊ, καὶ ἐροῦσι, μὴ λυμήνῃ αὐτὸν, ὅτι εὐλογία ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῷ, οὕτως ποιήσω ἕνεκεν τοῦ δουλεύοντός μοι, τούτου ἕνεκεν οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω πάντας. 9 Καὶ ἐξάξω τὸ ἐξ Ἰακὼβ σπέρμα καὶ ἐξ Ἰούδα, καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, καὶ κληρονομήσουσιν οἱ ἐκλεκτοί μου, καὶ οἱ δοῦλοί μου, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἐκεῖ. 10 Καὶ ἔσονται ἐν τῷ δρυμῷ ἐπαύλεις ποιμνίων, καὶ φάραγξ Ἀχὼρ εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν βουκολίων τῷ λαῷ μου, οἳ ἐζήτησάν με. 11 Ὑμεῖς δὲ οἱ ἐγκαταλιπόντες με, καὶ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τὸ ὄρος τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, καὶ ἐτοιμάζοντες τῷ δαιμονίῳ τράπεζαν, καὶ πληροῦντες τῇ τύχῃ κέρασμα, 12 ἐγὼ παραδώσω ὑμᾶς εἰς μάχαιραν, πάντες ἐν σφαγῇ πεσεῖσθε· ὅτι ἐκάλεσα ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε· ἐλάλησα, καὶ παρηκούσατε, καὶ ἐποιήσατε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἃ οὐκ ἐβουλόμην, ἐξελέξασθε. 13 Διατοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἰδοὺ, οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι φάγονται, ὑμεῖς δὲ πεινάσετε· ἰδοὺ, οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι πίονται, ὑμεῖς δὲ διψήσετε· ἰδοὺ, οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι εὐφρανθήσονται, ὑμεῖς δὲ αἰσχυνθήσεσθε· 14 ἰδοὺ, οἱ δουλεύοντές μοι ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ὑμεῖς δὲ κεκράξεσθε διὰ τὸν πόνον τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ συντριβῆς πνεύματος ὑμῶν ὀλολύξετε. 15 Καταλείψετε γὰρ τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν εἰς πλησμονὴν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μου, ὑμᾶς δὲ ἀνελεῖ Κύριος, τοῖς δὲ δουλεύουσί μοι κληθήσεται ὄνομα καινὸν, 16 ὃ εὐλογηθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, εὐλογήσουσι γὰρ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ἀληθινόν· καὶ οἱ ὀμνύοντες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὀμοῦνται τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ἀληθινόν· ἐπιλήσονται γὰρ τὴν θλίψιν τὴν πρώτην, καὶ οὐκ ἀναβήσεται αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν. 17 Ἔσται γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς, καὶ ἡ γῆ καινὴ, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσι τῶν προτέρων, οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν, 18 ἀλλʼ εὐφροσύνην καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα εὑρήσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ· ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ποιῶ ἀγαλλίαμα Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὸν λαόν μου εὐφροσύνην. 19 Καὶ ἀγαλλιάσομαι ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ εὐφρανθήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ λαῷ μου· καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐν αὐτῇ φωνὴ κλαῦθμου, καὶ φωνὴ κραυγῆς, 20 οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ γένηται ἔτι ἐκεῖ ἄωρος καὶ πρεσβύτης, ὃς οὐκ ἐμπλήσει τὸν χρόνον αὐτοῦ· ἔσται γὰρ ὁ νέος ἐκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὁ δὲ ἀποθνήσκων ἁμαρτωλὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, καὶ ἐπικατάρατος ἔσται. 21 Καὶ οἰκοδομήσουσιν οἰκίας, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐνοικήσουσι· καὶ καταφυτεύσουσιν ἀμπελῶνας, καὶ αὐτοὶ φάγονται τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῶν. 22 Οὐ μὴ οἰκοδομήσουσι, καὶ ἄλλοι ἐνοικήσουσι, καὶ οὐ μὴ φυτεύσουσι, καὶ ἄλλοι φάγονται· κατὰ γὰρ τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς ἔσονται αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ λαοῦ μου· τὰ γὰρ ἔργα τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν παλαιώσουσιν. 23 Οἱ ἐκλεκτοί μου οὐ κοπιάσουσιν εἰς κενὸν, οὐδὲ τεκνοποιήσουσιν εἰς κατάραν, ὅτι σπέρμα εὐλογημένον ὑπὸ Θεοῦ ἐστι, καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτῶν μετʼ αὐτῶν. 24 Καὶ ἔσται πρὶν ἢ κεκράξαι αὐτοὺς, ἐγὼ ὑπακούσομαι αὐτῶν· ἔτι λαλούντων αὐτῶν, ἐρῶ, τί ἐστι; 25 Τότε λύκοι καὶ ἄρνες βοσκηθήσονται ἅμα, καὶ λέων ὡς βοῦς φάγεται ἄχυρα, ὄφις δὲ γῆν ὡς ἄρτον· οὐκ ἀδικήσουσιν, οὐδὲ λυμανοῦνται ἐπὶ τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ μου, λέγει Κύριος.
Isaiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Isaiah 65 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 10:20; Romans 9:24–26; 1 Peter 2:10; Ephesians 2:12–13; Hosea 1:10
- 2 Romans 10:21; Jeremiah 4:14; Proverbs 1:24; Psalm 81:11–12; Isaiah 1:2
- 3 Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 66:17; Deuteronomy 32:21; Job 1:11; 2 Kings 17:14–17
- 4 Isaiah 66:17; Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8; Isaiah 66:3; Matthew 8:28
- 5 Luke 18:9–12; Luke 7:39; Proverbs 16:5; Luke 15:28–30; Romans 2:17–29
- 6 Psalm 50:3; Jeremiah 16:18; Psalm 50:21; Psalm 79:12; Isaiah 64:12
- 7 Ezekiel 20:27–28; Isaiah 57:7; Exodus 20:5; Jeremiah 13:25; Isaiah 65:6
- 8 Romans 9:27–29; Amos 9:8–9; Mark 13:20; Romans 11:5–6; Jeremiah 30:11
- 9 Amos 9:11–15; Isaiah 27:6; Romans 11:5–7; Zechariah 10:6–12; Isaiah 65:22
- 10 Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 33:9; Hosea 2:15; Isaiah 51:1; Joshua 7:24–26
- 11 Isaiah 1:28; Isaiah 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:17; 1 Corinthians 10:20–21; Isaiah 57:13
- 12 Jeremiah 7:13; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Isaiah 50:2; Matthew 21:34–43; Zechariah 7:11–13
- 13 Malachi 3:18; Isaiah 66:14; Luke 16:24–25; Isaiah 61:7; Isaiah 66:5
- 14 Psalm 66:4; Matthew 8:12; Isaiah 24:14; Matthew 13:42; James 5:1
- 15 Isaiah 62:2; Romans 9:26; Zechariah 8:13; Acts 11:26; Jeremiah 29:22
- 16 Jeremiah 4:2; Isaiah 19:18; Psalm 31:5; Hebrews 6:17–18; Philippians 2:11
- 17 2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:1–5; Isaiah 43:18; Jeremiah 3:16
- 18 Psalm 98:1–9; Isaiah 66:10–14; Revelation 19:1–6; Revelation 11:15–18; Psalm 67:3–5
- 19 Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17; Isaiah 25:8; Jeremiah 32:41; Isaiah 35:10
- 20 Job 5:26; Ecclesiastes 8:12–13; Deuteronomy 4:40; Psalm 34:12; Isaiah 3:11
- 21 Amos 9:14; Isaiah 62:8–9; Jeremiah 31:4–5; Isaiah 32:18; Isaiah 37:30
- 22 Psalm 92:12–14; Psalm 91:16; Psalm 21:4; Isaiah 65:15; Isaiah 65:9
- 23 Isaiah 61:9; Jeremiah 32:38–39; Deuteronomy 28:3–12; Psalm 115:14–15; Acts 2:39
- 24 Daniel 10:12; 1 John 5:14–15; Mark 11:24; Isaiah 58:9; Psalm 91:15
- 25 Isaiah 11:6–9; Micah 4:3; Acts 9:19–21; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 12:7–9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And when the Spirit of prophecy speaks from the person of Christ, the utterances are of this sort: "I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to those who walk in a way that is not good." And again: "I gave My back to the scourges, and My cheeks to the buffetings; I turned not away …
… glory of God." And when these things are done, he says, "God will remove men far away, and those that are left shall multiply in the earth." "And they shall build houses, and shall inhabit them themselves: and plant vineyards, and eat of them themselves." For all these and other words were unquestionably spoken in reference to the resurrection of …
And I will exult in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her;" and other promises, which some endeavor to refer to carnal enjoyment during the thousand years.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
The prophet made this point safe beforehand, saying, But upon My servants shall a new name be called, which shall be blessed upon the earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
I spread out My hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to those who walked in a way that is not good, but follow after their own sins; a people that provoketh Me to anger to My face." For the Jews having the prophecies, and being always in expectation of the Christ to come, did not recognise Him; and not …