--- title: "Isaiah 65 - Study King James Bible with pooles english annotations on the holy bible" description: "Read Isaiah 65 with pooles english annotations on the holy bible commentary. 1 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/pooles-english-annotations-on-the-holy-bible/isaiah/65" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/65)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/65)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/65) Audio 1 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. 2 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; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;* 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable *things is in* their vessels;* 5 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.* 6 Behold, *it is* written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 7 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. 8 ¶ 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 ¶ 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.** 12 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. 13 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: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.* 15 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: 16 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. 17 ¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.* 18 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. 19 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. 20 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. 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit *them;* and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 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.* 23 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. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 25 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. [Isaiah 64](/study/isaiah/64) [Isaiah 66](/study/isaiah/66) ## Commentary To verse 1 That in the primary sense of this text it is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, upon the rejection of the Jews, for their contempt and crucifying of Christ, cannot be doubted by any who will not arrogate to themselves a greater ability to interpret the prophecies of the Old Testament than Paul had, who, [Romans 10:20](/kjv/romans/10/20), expressly so interpreteth it, and applieth it, which showeth the vanity of the Jews in their other interpretations of it. **I am sought:** the word signifies properly a diligent inquiry in things relating to God, [2 Chronicles 14:4](/kjv/2-chronicles/14/4); [Psalms 34:4](/kjv/psalms/34/4); [Jeremiah 37:7](/kjv/jeremiah/37/7). *I am diligently inquired of by them that asked not for me*; that in times before made no inquiry after me (as the Gentiles, who are said to be *without God in the world*, [Ephesians 2:12](/kjv/ephesians/2/12)). As *seeking* may more strictly relate to prayer, as the word is used, [Isaiah 55:6](/kjv/isaiah/55/6), so this word translated asked may also be so taken, and is so, [1 Samuel 1:20](/kjv/1-samuel/1/20); [1 Samuel 22:13](/kjv/1-samuel/22/13), but (possibly) it is better interpreted more generally. **I am found of them that sought me not;**yea, I was found of them before they sought me; those who formerly did not seek me now seek me; but they were found of me before they **sought me;**I prevented them by my grace, sending my Son *to preach peace to those that were afar off*, [Ephesians 2:17](/kjv/ephesians/2/17), and my apostles to entreat them to be reconciled to God, [2 Corinthians 5:20](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/20), and *my Spirit to convince the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment*, [John 16:8](/kjv/john/16/8). **I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name;**I invited whole nations by the preaching of my gospel to behold me; and I invited them with importunity, doubling my words upon them; and this I did unto a **nation not called by my name,**with whom I was not in covenant, and which did not profess any relation to me, which none of the Gentiles could pretend unto. The prophet speaks of a thing to come many years after as if it were a thing then done, to signify the certainty of it. God doth the same thing yet in every soul that is converted. 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