Isaiah 65:7

7 both your iniquities ¹and your fathers’ iniquities together, says the Lord; ²because they made offerings on the mountains ³and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their lap payment for their former deeds. ” ^[a]

Isaiah 65:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 65:7

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together
(saith the Lord)
That is, the punishment both of the one and of the other; these being alike, and continued from father to son, and approved of, and committed by one generation after another, till the measure was filled up; and then the recompence of reward is given for all of them together at once: which have burnt incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; where they offered incense and other sacrifices to idols, which was interpreted by the Lord as a blaspheming and reproaching of him; see ( Isaiah 57:7 ) ( Jeremiah 2:20 ) ( 3:6 ) : therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom;
punish them for their former sins as well as their latter ones, and both together.

Isaiah 65:7 In-Context

5 who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you. ” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.

6 Behold, it is written before me: “I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap

7 both your iniquities and your fathers’ iniquities together, says the Lord; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their lap payment for their former deeds. ”

8 Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it, ’so I will do for my servants’ sake, and not destroy them all.

9 I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah possessors of my mountains; my chosen shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.

Cross References

• 1. 65:7 Ex. 20:5; [Matt. 23:35]
• 2. 65:7 [Ezek. 20:27, 28]
• 3. 65:7 [Ezek. 20:27, 28]

Footnotes

• [a] 65:7 Or 'I will first measure their payment into their lap'