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But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/65.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/65.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/65.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way <i>that was</i> not good, after their own thoughts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/65.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way <i>that is</i> not good, According to their own thoughts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/65.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk <i>in</i> the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/65.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/65.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk <i>in</i> the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/65.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk <i>in</i> the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/65.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious <i>and</i> stubborn people, Who walk in the way that is not good, [following] after their own thoughts <i>and</i> intentions,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/65.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/65.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the wrong path, following their own thoughts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/65.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/65.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All day long I have reached out to stubborn and sinful people going their own way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/65.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/65.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people. They chose to go the wrong direction. They followed their own plans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/65.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/65.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/65.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/65.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/65.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/65.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/65.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/65.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have spread out My hands all the day "" To an apostate people, "" Who are going in the way [that is] not good, "" After their own thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/65.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/65.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I spread forth my hands all the day to a perverse people, going the way not good, after their purposes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/65.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/65.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/65.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I have stretched out my hands all day to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, following their own designs; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/65.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I held out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/65.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/65.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have stretched my hands all day to a people that is disobedient, who walk after their counsels in a way that is not beautiful<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/65.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I have spread out My hands all the day Unto a rebellious people, That walk in a way that is not good, After their own thoughts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/65.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have stretched forth my hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/65-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14179" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/65.htm">Judgments and Promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All day long</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6566.htm" title="6566: pê·raś·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To spread out, spread. A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.">I have held out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏay (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">My hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5637.htm" title="5637: sō·w·rêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Stubborn or rebellious. A primitive root; to turn away, i.e. be refractory.">an obstinate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ha·hō·lə·ḵîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">who walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">in the wrong</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·wḇ (Adj-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: had·de·reḵ (Art:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">path,</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥar (Adv) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">who follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/4284.htm" title="4284: maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Thought, device. Or machashebeth; from chashab; a contrivance, i.e. a texture, machine, or intention, plan.">their own imaginations,</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a></span><br />But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-25</a></span><br />Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Jeremiah 7:13</a></span><br />And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Hosea 11:2</a></span><br />But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Jeremiah 35:15</a></span><br />Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></span><br />But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm">Psalm 81:11-12</a></span><br />But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. / So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a></span><br />And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-3.htm">Matthew 22:3</a></span><br />He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;</p><p class="hdg">spread</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24</a></b></br> Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></b></br> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, <i>thou</i> that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under <i>her</i> wings, and ye would not!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></b></br> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen <i>doth gather</i> her brood under <i>her</i> wings, and ye would not!</p><p class="hdg">a rebellious</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a></b></br> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></b></br> But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, <i>and</i> he fought against them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Deuteronomy 9:7</a></b></br> Remember, <i>and</i> forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">which</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7,8</a></b></br> Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts <i>are</i> thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction <i>are</i> in their paths… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a></b></br> He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way <i>that is</i> not good; he abhorreth not evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/16-29.htm">Proverbs 16:29</a></b></br> A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way <i>that is</i> not good.</p><p class="hdg">after</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></b></br> Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></b></br> And GOD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a></b></br> And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Apostate</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm">Devices</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Following</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm">Held</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Imaginations</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-4.htm">Obstinate</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Pursuing</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm">Uncontrolled</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-3.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-2.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-10.htm">Way</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Apostate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Devices</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Following</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-22.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-10.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Held</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Imaginations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-4.htm">Obstinate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Pursuing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Uncontrolled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">Walketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm">Way</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 65</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm">The calling of the Gentiles, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">A remnant shall be saved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">The blessed state of the new Jerusalem</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of God holding out His hands suggests a continuous invitation for reconciliation and relationship. This reflects God's enduring patience and desire for His people to return to Him, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a>, where Paul quotes this verse to illustrate Israel's rejection of God's offer. The open hands symbolize readiness to receive and embrace, highlighting God's loving nature.<p><b>to an obstinate people</b><br>The term "obstinate" describes a stubborn and rebellious attitude. Historically, Israel often resisted God's commands and guidance, as seen throughout the Old Testament. This stubbornness is evident in their repeated idolatry and disobedience, despite witnessing God's miracles and receiving His law. The prophets frequently addressed this obstinacy, calling the people to repentance. This phrase underscores the contrast between God's faithfulness and Israel's persistent rebellion.<p><b>who walk in the wrong path</b><br>Walking in the wrong path signifies a deliberate choice to pursue a lifestyle contrary to God's will. Biblically, the "path" is often used metaphorically to describe one's way of life or moral conduct. <a href="/proverbs/14-12.htm">Proverbs 14:12</a> warns that there is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is death. This phrase highlights the consequences of choosing a path apart from God's guidance, leading to spiritual and often physical ruin.<p><b>who follow their own imaginations</b><br>Following one's own imaginations implies a reliance on human wisdom and desires rather than God's truth. This self-reliance often leads to idolatry and moral decay, as seen in <a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a>, where humanity's wickedness is described as every inclination of the thoughts of the heart being only evil continually. The phrase warns against the dangers of subjective morality and the rejection of divine revelation, which can lead to spiritual blindness and separation from God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His continuous offer of grace and invitation to His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The "obstinate people" referred to, representing those who have consistently turned away from God's guidance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers this message, serving as a mouthpiece for divine communication.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_path.htm">The Path</a></b><br>Symbolic of the life choices and moral direction taken by the people, which is contrary to God's will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/imaginations.htm">Imaginations</a></b><br>Refers to the self-devised plans and desires that lead the people away from God's truth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_persistent_grace.htm">God's Persistent Grace</a></b><br>Despite human obstinacy, God continually reaches out to His people, demonstrating His unwavering grace and desire for reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_self-reliance.htm">The Danger of Self-Reliance</a></b><br>Following one's own imaginations can lead to spiritual peril. True wisdom and safety are found in adhering to God's path.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>This verse serves as a call to examine our own lives for areas where we may be resisting God's guidance and to turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_of_god.htm">The Heart of God</a></b><br>Understanding God's heart as one of compassion and patience can inspire believers to trust in His plans and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>Encourages believers to support one another in staying on God's path, recognizing the tendency to stray when isolated.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_65.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 65</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god_our_eternal_dwelling_place.htm">Are pleasures everlasting?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_unrequited_love.htm">What defines unrequited love?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_teen_dating.htm">What defines unrequited love?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_13_7-8_show_god_as_loving.htm">Hosea 13:7–8: Does the graphic depiction of God as a devouring predator align with a loving deity, or does it represent an inconsistency in the biblical portrayal of God’s character? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/65.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">I have spread out my hands . . .</span>--Here, of course, the words were meant for Israel, as St. Paul applies them. It may not be without interest to note the fact that the words stand over the portal of the Church of Santa Maria, which stands at the entrance of the Ghetto at Rome. Of how many churches at Rome and elsewhere might it not be said, "Thou art the man," "The beam is in thine own eye"?<span class= "bld"><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/65.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have spread out my hands.</span> Not exactly in prayer, but in expostulation (comp. <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24</a>, "I have stretched out my hand," where the verb in the Hebrew is the same). <span class="cmt_word">All</span> <span class="cmt_word">the day;</span> or, <span class="accented">all day long</span>, as in <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> continually, day after day, for years - nay, for centuries. A rebellions people (comp. <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a>; and see also <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4, 23</a>; <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Jeremiah 5:23</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Jeremiah 6:28</a>). The "rebellions people" ('<span class="accented">am sorer</span>)<span class="accented">is</span> undoubtedly Israel. <span class="cmt_word">In a way that was</span> <span class="cmt_word">not good;</span> rather, <span class="accented">in the way that is not good</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the "way of sinners" (<a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a>) - the "way that leadeth to destruction" (<a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/65-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">All day long</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have held out</span><br /><span class="heb">פֵּרַ֧שְׂתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(pê·raś·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6566.htm">Strong's 6566: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break apart, disperse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדַ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an obstinate</span><br /><span class="heb">סוֹרֵ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(sō·w·rêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5637.htm">Strong's 5637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn away, be refractory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who walk</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהֹלְכִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hō·lə·ḵîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the wrong</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">path,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדֶּ֣רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(had·de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who follow</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their own imaginations,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחְשְׁבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4284.htm">Strong's 4284: </a> </span><span class="str2">A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 65:2 I have spread out my hands all (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 65:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 65:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>