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Themes in Isaiah 65

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Themes in Isaiah 65

Isaiah 65:1 (show verse)

"I let myself be sought by those who didn't ask for me; I let myself be found by those who didn't seek me. I said, "Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that didn't call on my name.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel

Isaiah 65:2 (show verse)

I held out my hands all day long to a disobedient people, who walk in a way that isn't good, following their own inclinations

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Rebellion » Against God, condemned
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Walking after our own thoughts
Rebellion against God » Guilt of » Aggravated by God's unceasing invitations to return to him
Titles and names of the wicked » Rebellious people

Isaiah 65:3 (show verse)

a people who continually provoke me to my face; they keep sacrificing in gardens and waving their hands over stone altars;

Altar » Used in idolatrous worship
Altars » Idolatrous altars
Altars » Of brick, hateful to God
Brick » Altars
Burial » Places of » Often desecrated by idolatry
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Gardens » Often used for » Idolatrous worship
Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
Idolatry » They who practice » Provoke God
Incense » The jews » Offered, to idols on altars of brick
Jews, the » Punished for » Idolatry
Sacrifices » The jews » Condemned for offering, to idols
false Worship » Brazen serpent places devoted to idolatry » Idolatrous altars

Isaiah 65:4 (show verse)

who sit among graves, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pigs' meat, with the broth of detestable things in their pots;

Animals » Lions » Swine
Burial » Burying places » Anyone who touched, were unclean
Burial » Places of » Often desecrated by idolatry
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Jews, the » Punished for » Idolatry
Swine » The unGodly jews condemned for eating
Swine » Used for food

Isaiah 65:5 (show verse)

who say, "Keep to yourself!' "Don't touch me!' and "I am too holy for you!' "Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day long.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Contempt » Self-righteousness prompts to
Fire » Illustrative of » The self-righteous
Heathen » Pious people among
Hypocrites » Described as » Self-righteous
Jews, the » Distinction of castes amongst, noticed
Jews, the » Punished for » Idolatry
Jews, the » National character of » Self-righteous
Presumption » Exhibited in » Spiritual pride
Religion » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » Pharisaic separation
Sanctimony » Pharisaic separation
Self-righteousness » They who are given to » Despise others
Self-righteousness » They who are given to » Are abominable before God
FALSE » Sanctimony, distinguishing marks of » Pharisaic separation

Isaiah 65:6 (show verse)

Watch out! It stands written before me: "I won't keep silent, but I will pay back in full; I'll indeed repay into their laps

Children » Involved in guilt of parents
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Jews, the » Punished for » Idolatry

both your iniquities and your ancestors' iniquities together,'' says the LORD. "Because they offered incense on the mountains and insulted me on hills, I'll measure into their laps full payment for their earlier actions."

Blasphemy » Punishment of
Blasphemy » Idolatry counted as
Children » Involved in guilt of parents
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Jews, the » Punished for » Idolatry
Profanity » Blasphemy » General references to
Sacrifices » The jews » Condemned for offering, to idols

Isaiah 65:8 (show verse)

This is what the LORD says: "Just as new wine is found in the cluster, and people have said, "Don't destroy it, for there is a gift in it,' so I'll act for my servants' sake, by not destroying them all.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Election » The elect of God

Isaiah 65:9 (show verse)

I'll bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah they will inherit my mountains; my chosen people will inherit it, and my servants will live there.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Election » The elect of God
Election » Ensures to saints » The inheritance

Isaiah 65:10 (show verse)

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a fold for herds, for my people who have sought me.

Achor » A valley near jericho
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Destruction » Who shall not be destroyed
Election » The elect of God
Oxen » Was fed » In the valleys
Sharon » The maritime slope of palestine north of the city of joppa » Roses and beauty of
Sheep » Flocks of » Fed in the valleys
Sheep » Also » Sharon
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Achor

Isaiah 65:11 (show verse)

But as for you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill drink offerings for Destiny,

Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Reproved for offering, to idols
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
Forgetting God » A characteristic of the wicked
Forgetting God » Characteristic of » The wicked
Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
Hearing » The reward for not hearing the lord
Hunger » Who shall hunger
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Shame » Who shall be ashamed
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Thirst » Who shall thirst

Isaiah 65:12 (show verse)

I'll consign you to the sword, and all of you will bend down for the slaughter because when I called, you didn't answer, when I spoke, you didn't listen; but you did what was evil in my sight, and chose what I took no pleasure in."

divine Call » Heal persecution of » Refused
Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Choice » Evil
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Evil » Pharisaic separation condemned » Choice
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
God's Call » Examples of Leadership » Refused by men
Hearing » The reward for not hearing the lord
Hunger » Who shall hunger
Shame » Who shall be ashamed
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Thirst » Who shall thirst

Isaiah 65:13 (show verse)

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.

Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
Hearing » The reward for not hearing the lord
Hunger » Who shall not hunger
Hunger » Who shall hunger
Shame » Who shall be ashamed
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Thirst » Who shall not thirst
Thirst » Who shall thirst
Unsatisfied » Pursuit of worldly objects

Isaiah 65:14 (show verse)

My servants will sing in gladness of heart, but you'll cry for help from anguish of heart, and you'll howl from brokenness of spirit.

Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Earth » The lord creating a new earth
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
Hearing » The reward for not hearing the lord
Heart » Renewed » Be joyful
Heaven/the heavens » The lord creating new heavens
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Newness » The new jerusalem
Newness » The lord creating news heavens and a new earth
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
The wicked » Contrasted with the righteous
Wickedness » Contrasted with the righteous

Isaiah 65:15 (show verse)

You'll leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse, and the Lord GOD will put you to death permanently.

Calling » The reward for not answering the calls of the lord
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Earth » The lord creating a new earth
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Forgetting » The reward for forgetting the lord
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
Forsaking » Those that forsake the lord
Hearing » The reward for not hearing the lord
Heaven/the heavens » The lord creating new heavens
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Name » New man, called by a new name
New » Man » Called by a new name
New » Man » Name
Newness » The new jerusalem
Newness » The lord creating news heavens and a new earth

Isaiah 65:16 (show verse)

Then whoever takes an oath by the God of faithfulness, and whoever takes an oath in the land, will swear by the God of faithfulness, because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Earth » The lord creating a new earth
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
God » Mercy of » Of truth
Heaven/the heavens » The lord creating new heavens
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Newness » The new jerusalem
Newness » The lord creating news heavens and a new earth
Oaths » The jews » To use God's name alone in
Truth » Eagerness for » God of
Truth » Of God » Is one of his attributes
the Truth of God » Is one of his attributes

Isaiah 65:17 (show verse)

Take notice! I'm about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things won't be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Creation » Illustrative of » Renewal of the earth
Earth » The lord creating a new earth
Earth » A new earth
the Earth » To be renewed
Forgetting » What shall be forgotten
Heaven » New heavens
Heaven/the heavens » The lord creating new heavens
Heavens » New
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
New » Man » Things
New » The keyword of Hebrews » Heavens
Newness » The new jerusalem
Newness » The lord creating news heavens and a new earth
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:18 (show verse)

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

Earth » The lord creating a new earth
Heaven/the heavens » The lord creating new heavens
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Newness » The new jerusalem
Newness » The lord creating news heavens and a new earth
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:19 (show verse)

I'll rejoice over Jerusalem, and take delight in my people; no longer will the sound of weeping be heard in it, nor the cry of distress.

divine Favour » Promised to saints
God » Favour of » Promised to saints
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
the Joy of God over his people » Leads him to » Comfort them
Newness » The new jerusalem
Sorrow » Banished
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:20 (show verse)

"And there will no longer be in it a young boy who lives only a few days, or an old person who does not live out his days; for one who dies at a hundred years will be thought a mere youth, and one who falls short of a hundred years will be considered accursed.

Accursed » What so called
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Newness » The new jerusalem
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:21 (show verse)

People will build houses and live in them; They'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Newness » The new jerusalem
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:22 (show verse)

They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.

Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Labor » Who shall not labor in vain
Newness » The new jerusalem
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears
Trees » Illustrative » (duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints

Isaiah 65:23 (show verse)

They won't toil in vain nor bear children doomed to misfortune, for they will be offspring blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

Children » Share benefits of covenant privileges guaranteed to parents
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Labor » Who shall not labor in vain
Newness » The new jerusalem
Parents » When faithful » Leave a blessing to their children
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:24 (show verse)

Before they call, I will answer, while they are still speaking, I'll hear.

Answer promised » To prayer
God » Hand of » Hearing of
God's Promises » God's, characteristics of » Of answer to prayer
God's Promises » To the prayerful » Promises of answer
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Divine, God attentive to the prayers of the saints
Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Newness » The new jerusalem
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Answer promised
Prayer » Examples of » Promises of answers to
Prayer » The promises of God encourage to
Prayer, answers to » Granted » Sometimes immediately
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 65:25 (show verse)

"The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; but as for the serpent its food will be dust! They won't harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain," says the LORD.

Jerusalem » The new jerusalem
Lions » Illustrative » (tamed,) of the natural man subdued by grace
Nation » Foretold by the prophets
Newness » The new jerusalem
Peace » Social » Foretold by the prophets
Serpent » Feeds upon the dust
Serpent » Figurative
Serpents » Doomed to eat their food mingled with dust
Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears
Straw » Used for fodder
Universal » Opportunity » Peace, foretold by the prophets
Wolves » Illustrative » (taming of,) of the change effected by conversion