Isaías 65:1

1 Juicio y salvación final
El Señor
dice:
«Estaba listo para responder, pero nadie me pedía ayuda;
estaba listo para dejarme encontrar, pero nadie me buscaba.
“¡Aquí estoy, aquí estoy!”,
dije a una nación que no invocaba mi nombre.

Isaías 65:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1. I am sought of them that asked not for me
That this is aIsaiah 65:2

I have spread out mine hands all the day unto a rebellious
people
Meaning Israel, as the apostle explains it, ( Romans 10:21 ) , whom he calls a "disobedient and gainsaying people"; who believed not in Christ, obeyed not his Gospel, but contradicted and blasphemed it; and were rebellious against him, would not have him to reign over them, nor submit to his ordinances; though he most affectionately invited them, earnestly pressed and urged them, and that daily and frequently, to attend his ministry; and used all human methods to gain audience of them, and acceptance with them, but all to no purpose; see ( Matthew 23:37 ) , they remained obstinate and inflexible, and so they did under the ministry of his apostles; for, notwithstanding their ill usage of him, he ordered the Gospel to be first preached to them, as it was, till they treated it with such indignity and contempt, that the apostles turned away from them to the Gentiles, as they were bid; see ( Acts 13:46 Acts 13:47 ) . The Targum is,

``I sent my prophets every day''

which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
in their own way, of their own devising, choosing, and approving, and which was a wicked one; and after their own imaginations and inventions; after the traditions of the elders the doctrines and commandments of men; and after a righteousness of their own, which they sought by the works of the law, and so submitted not to, but rejected the righteousness of Christ.

Isaías 65:1 In-Context

1 Juicio y salvación final
El Señor
dice:
«Estaba listo para responder, pero nadie me pedía ayuda;
estaba listo para dejarme encontrar, pero nadie me buscaba.
“¡Aquí estoy, aquí estoy!”,
dije a una nación que no invocaba mi nombre.

2 Todo el día abrí mis brazos a un pueblo rebelde.
Pero ellos siguen sus malos caminos
y sus planes torcidos.

3 Todo el día me insultan en mi propia cara
al rendir culto a ídolos en sus huertos sagrados
y al quemar incienso en altares paganos.

4 De noche andan entre las tumbas
para rendir culto a los muertos.
Comen carne de cerdo
y hacen guisos con otros alimentos prohibidos.

5 Sin embargo, se dicen unos a otros:
“¡No te acerques demasiado, porque me contaminarás!
¡Yo soy más santo que tú!”.
Ese pueblo es un hedor para mi nariz;
un olor irritante que nunca desaparece.