Isaiah 65:2

2 I reached out day after day to a people who turned their backs on me, People who make wrong turns, who insist on doing things their own way.

Isaiah 65:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 21:8

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Isaiah 65:2 In-Context

1 "I've made myself available to those who haven't bothered to ask. I'm here, ready to be found by those who haven't bothered to look. I kept saying 'I'm here, I'm right here' to a nation that ignored me.

2 I reached out day after day to a people who turned their backs on me, People who make wrong turns, who insist on doing things their own way.

3 They get on my nerves, are rude to my face day after day, Make up their own kitchen religion, a potluck religious stew.

4 They spend the night in tombs to get messages from the dead, Eat forbidden foods and drink a witch's brew of potions and charms.

5 They say, 'Keep your distance. Don't touch me. I'm holier than thou.' These people gag me. I can't stand their stench.