Isaiah 65:2
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New International Version (©1984)
All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations--

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,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people. They chose to go the wrong direction. They followed their own plans.

King James Bible
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;

American King James Version
I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

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;

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.

Darby Bible 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;

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;

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;

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;

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.

Geneva Study Bible

I have {b} spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is not good, after their own {c} thoughts;

(b) He shows the reason for the rejection of the Jews, because they would not obey him or any admonition of his prophets, by whom he called them continually and stretch out his hand to draw them.

(c) He shows that to delight in our own fantasies is the declining from God and the beginning of all superstitions and idolatry.

Wesley's Notes

65:2 I have spread - Applied to the Jews, Rom 10:21. I have stretched out my hands, I have used all means to reduce them, I have stretched out the hands of a passionate orator to persuade them, of a liberal benefactor to load them with my benefits; this I have done continually in the whole course of my providence with them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. spread out . hands-inviting them earnestly (Pr 1:24).

all . day-continually, late and early (Jer 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).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

65:1-7 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, Behold me; and a speedy change takes place. All the gospel day, Christ waited to be gracious. The Jews were bidden, but would not come. It is not without cause they are rejected of God. They would do what most pleased them. They grieved, they vexed the Holy Spirit. They forsook God's temple, and sacrificed in groves. They cared not for the distinction between clean and unclean meats, before it was taken away by the gospel. Perhaps this is put for all forbidden pleasures, and all that is thought to be gotten by sin, that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Christ denounced many woes against the pride and hypocrisy of the Jews. The proof against them is plain. And let us watch against pride and self-preference, remembering that every sin, and the most secret thoughts of man's heart, are known and will be judged by God.


Psalm 81:11 "But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.
Psalm 81:12 "So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.
Isaiah 1:2 Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, "Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me.
Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.
Isaiah 30:1 "Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
Isaiah 30:9 For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD;
Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Isaiah 66:18 "For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.
Romans 10:21 But as for Israel He says, "ALL THE DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE." (NASB ©1995)

Apostate Devices Evil Following Good Hands Hearts Held Imaginations Obstinate Purposes Pursuing Rebellious Spread Stretched Thoughts Uncontrolled Walk Walketh Way Ways


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;

spread Pr 1:24 Mt 23:37 Lu 13:34 19:41,42 Ro 10:21

a rebellious Isa 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 Isa 59:7,8 Ps 36:4 Pr 16:29

after Isa 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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