Isaiah 65:1

““I let myself be sought by those who did not ask; I let myself be found by those who did not seek me; I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that did not call on my name.”
Isaiah 65:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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“I let myself be soughtנִדְרַשְׁתִּיby those whoלְdid notלוֹאask;שָׁאָלוּI let myself be foundנִמְצֵאתִיby those whoלְdid notלֹאseek me;בִקְשֻׁנִיI said,אָמַרְתִּי‘Here I am,הִנֵּנִיhere I am,’הִנֵּנִיto a nationאֶל גּוֹיthat did notלֹאcallקֹרָאon my name.בִשְׁמִי

Quotation · Romans 10:20-21

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Paul quotes Isaiah 65:1-2 and applies the first verse to the nations and the second to Israel.

Formula: Ἠσαΐας δὲ ἀποτολμᾷ καὶ λέγει “and Isaiah is very bold and says” (Romans 10:20)

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Greek of the New Testament: Ἠσαΐας δὲ ἀποτολμᾷ καὶ λέγει Εὑρέθην ἐν τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν ἐμφανὴς ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσιν πρὸς δὲ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ λέγει Ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): נִדְרַשְׁתִּי לְלוֹא שָׁאָלוּ נִמְצֵאתִי לְלֹא בִקְשֻׁנִי אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּנִי הִנֵּנִי אֶל גּוֹי לֹא קֹרָא בִשְׁמִי פֵּרַשְׂתִּי יָדַי כָּל הַיּוֹם אֶל עַם סוֹרֵר הַהֹלְכִים הַדֶּרֶךְ לֹא טוֹב אַחַר מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם

Septuagint (Isaiah 65:1-2 in the Septuagint numbering): Ἐμφανὴς ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ζητοῦσιν, εὑρέθην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ ἐπερωτῶσιν· εἶπα Ἰδού εἶμι, τῷ ἔθνει οἵτινες οὐκ ἐκάλεσαν τὸ ὄνομά μου. ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα, οἳ οὐκ ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδῷ ἀληθινῇ ἀλλ’ ὀπίσω τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “ἐμφανὴς ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἐμὲ μὴ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 65:1, word by word

“I let myself be soughtנִדְרַשְׁתִּיnidrashti

consult

To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.

Where else “nidrashti” appears

askשָׁאָלוּshaalu

inquire

To ask YHWH what to do.

Where else “shaalu” appears

I let myself be foundנִמְצֵאתִיnimtseti

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

Where else “nimtseti” appears

seek meבִקְשֻׁvikshu

seek God

To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.

Where else “vikshu” appears

I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amarti” appears

to a nationגּוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

Where else “goy” appears

callקֹרָאkora

cry out

To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.

Where else “kora” appears

on my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shemi” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes 65:1-2 in Romans 10:20-21.

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Quotation · Romans 10:20-21

Paul quotes Isaiah 65:1-2 and applies the first verse to the nations and the second to Israel.

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Isaiah 65:1

¹“I let myself be sought by those who did not ask; I let myself be found by those who did not seek me; I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that did not call on my name.

Romans 10:20-21

²⁰And Isaiah is very bold and says: I was found by those who did not seek me; I became visible to those who did not ask for me.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2I have spread out my hands all the day to an obstinate people, who walk in the way that is not good, after their thoughts;

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