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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Isaiah 65

Chapter 65

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.

I am sought

2:2,3 11:10 55:5 Psalms 22:27 Romans 9:24-26,30 10:20 Ephesians 2:12,13

Behold

40:9 41:27 45:22 John 1:29

unto

43:1 63:19 Hosea 1:10 Zechariah 2:11 8:22,23 1 Peter 2:10

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

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

a rebellious

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

which

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

after

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

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

A people

3:8 Deuteronomy 32:16-19,21 2 Kings 17:14-17 22:17 Psalms 78:40,58 Jeremiah 32:30-35 Ezekiel 8:17,18 Matthew 23:32-36

to my face

Job 1:11 2:5

that sacrificeth

1:29 66:17 Leviticus 17:5 Jeremiah 3:6 Ezekiel 20:28

altars

Heb. bricks.

Exodus 20:24,25 30:1-10

Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

remain

Numbers 19:11,16-20 Deuteronomy 18:11 Matthew 8:28 Mark 5:2-5 Luke 8:27

which eat

66:3,17 Leviticus 11:7 Deuteronomy 14:8

broth

or, pieces.

Exodus 23:19 34:26 Deuteronomy 14:3,21 Ezekiel 4:14

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Stand

Matthew 9:11 Luke 5:30 7:39 15:2,28-30 18:9-12 Acts 22:21,22 Romans 2:17-29 Jude 1:19

These

Proverbs 6:16,17 10:26 16:5 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5

nose

or, anger. a fire.

Deuteronomy 29:20 32:20-22

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

it is

Exodus 17:14 Deuteronomy 32:34 Psalms 56:8 Malachi 3:16 Revelation 20:12

I will

42:14 64:12 Psalms 50:3,21

but

Psalms 79:12 Jeremiah 16:18 Ezekiel 11:21 22:31 Joel 3:4

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Your iniquities

Exodus 20:5 Leviticus 26:39 Numbers 32:14 Psalms 106:6,7 Daniel 9:8 Matthew 23:31-36

burned

57:7 1 Kings 22:43 2 Kings 12:3 14:4 15:35 16:4 Ezekiel 18:6

blasphemed

Ezekiel 20:27,28

therefore

6 Jeremiah 5:9,29 7:19,20 13:25 Matthew 23:32 1 Thessalonians 2:16

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

6:13 Jeremiah 30:11 Joel 2:14 Amos 9:8,9 Matthew 24:22 Mark 13:20 Romans 9:27-29 Romans 11:5,6,24-26

And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

I will

10:20-22 11:11-16 27:6 Jeremiah 31:36-40 33:17-26 Ezekiel 36:8-15,24 Ezekiel 37:21-28 39:25-29 Amos 9:11-15 Obadiah 1:17-21 Zephaniah 3:20 Zechariah 10:6-12

mine elect

15,22 Matthew 24:22 Romans 11:5-7,28

And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

Sharon

33:9 35:2 Ezekiel 34:13,14

and the

Joshua 7:24-26 Hosea 2:15

But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

they that

1:28 Deuteronomy 29:25 1 Chronicles 28:9 Jeremiah 17:13

my holy

25 2:2 11:9 56:7 57:13 Psalms 132:13 Hebrews 12:22 Revelation 21:2,3

prepare

57:5-10 Deuteronomy 32:17 Jeremiah 2:28 Ezekiel 23:41,42 1 Corinthians 10:20,21

troop

or, Gad. number. or, Meni.

Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

will I

3:25 10:4 Leviticus 26:25 Deuteronomy 32:25 Jeremiah 18:21 34:17 Ezekiel 14:17-21 Zephaniah 1:4-6 Matthew 22:7

because

50:2 66:4 2 Chronicles 36:15,16 Proverbs 1:24-33 Jeremiah 7:13 Zechariah 7:7,11-13 Matthew 21:34-43 22:3 John 1:11

did evil

3 1:16 Jeremiah 16:17

and did

66:3,4 Proverbs 1:29

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

my servants shall eat

Psalms 34:10 37:19,20 Malachi 3:18 Luke 14:23,24 16:24,25

my servants shall rejoice

61:7 66:5,14 Daniel 12:2

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

my servants

24:14 52:8,9 Job 29:13 Psalms 66:4 Jeremiah 31:7 James 5:13

ye shall

Matthew 8:12 13:42 22:13 Luke 13:28 James 5:1

vexation

Heb. breaking.

And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

ye shall

Proverbs 10:7 Jeremiah 29:22 Zechariah 8:13

my chosen

9,22

the Lord

12 66:15 Matthew 21:41 22:7 1 Thessalonians 2:16

his servants

62:2 Acts 11:26 Romans 9:26 1 Peter 2:9,10

That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

he who

Psalms 72:17 Jeremiah 4:2

in the God

Deuteronomy 32:4 Psalms 31:5 86:15 Jeremiah 10:10 John 1:14,17 14:6 Hebrews 6:17,18

he that

19:18 45:23-25 48:1 Deuteronomy 6:13 10:20 Psalms 63:11 Jeremiah 12:16 Zephaniah 1:5 Romans 14:11 Philippians 2:11

because

19 11:16 12:1 35:10 54:4 Jeremiah 31:12 Ezekiel 36:25-27 Daniel 12:1,11 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Revelation 20:4

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

I create

51:16 66:22 2 Peter 3:13 Revelation 21:1-5

the former

Jeremiah 3:16

into mind

Heb. upon the heart.

But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

12:4-6 42:10-12 44:23 49:13 51:11 52:7-10 66:10-14 Psalms 67:3-5 Psalms 96:10-13 98:1-9 Zephaniah 3:14 Zechariah 9:9 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Revelation 11:15-18 Revelation 19:1-6

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

I will

62:4,5 Song of Solomon 3:11 Jeremiah 32:41 Zephaniah 3:17 Luke 15:3,5

the voice of weeping

25:8 35:10 51:3,11 60:20 Jeremiah 31:12 Revelation 7:17 21:4

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

There shall

Deuteronomy 4:40 Job 5:26 Psalms 34:12

but

3:11 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Romans 2:5-9

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

62:8,9 Leviticus 26:16 Deuteronomy 28:30-33 Judges 6:1-6 Jeremiah 31:4,5 Amos 9:14

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

for as

9,15 Genesis 5:5,27 Leviticus 26:16 Psalms 92:12-14 Revelation 20:3-5

long enjoy

Heb. make them continue long, or, shall wear out.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

shall

49:4 55:2 61:9 Leviticus 26:3-10,20,22,29 Deuteronomy 28:3-12,38-42 Hosea 9:11-14 Haggai 1:6 2:19 Malachi 3:10 1 Corinthians 15:58

for

61:9 Genesis 12:2 17:7 Psalms 115:14,15 Jeremiah 32:38,39 Zechariah 10:8,9 Acts 2:39 3:25,26 Romans 4:16 9:7,8 Galatians 3:29

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

58:9 Psalms 32:5 50:15 91:15 Daniel 9:20-23 10:12 Mark 11:24 Luke 15:18-20 Acts 4:31 10:30-32 12:5-16 1 John 5:14,15

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

wolf

11:6-9 35:9 Acts 9:1,19-21 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Titus 3:3-7

dust

Genesis 3:14,15 Romans 16:20 Revelation 12:7-9 20:2,3

shall not

2:4 11:9 Micah 4:3

my

11 Ezekiel 43:11 Zechariah 8:3 14:20,21 Revelation 14:1