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Yes, I will repay them—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/65.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: “I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/65.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/65.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, <i>it is</i> written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/65.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Behold, <i>it is</i> written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay— Even repay into their bosom—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/65.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their laps,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/65.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/65.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/65.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/65.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Indeed, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay it [directly] into their arms,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/65.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, it is written in front of me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/65.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/65.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/65.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/65.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/65.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/65.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I have already decided on their punishment, and their sentence is written down. I will not overlook what they have done, but will repay them <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/65.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/65.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/65.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/65.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Look, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/65.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/65.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/65.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before Me: I am not silent, but have repaid; And I have repaid into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/65.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, it is written before Me: 'I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/65.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, it written before me: I will not be silent, but I requited, and I requited upon their bosom,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/65.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/65.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, it has been written in my sight; I will not be silent. Instead, I will render retribution into their sinews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/65.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />See, it stands written before me; I will not remain quiet until I have repaid in full <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/65.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their laps<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/65.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence until I recompense them a double portion into their bosom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/65.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: “I shall not be silent until I shall pay them double into their bosom<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/65.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before Me; I will not keep silence, except I have requited, Yea, I will requite into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/65.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/65-6.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=14222" 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">5</span>They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: ḵə·ṯū·ḇāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">it is written</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāy (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me:</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.">I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2814.htm" title="2814: ’e·ḥĕ·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be silent, inactive, or still. A primitive root; to hush or keep quiet.">keep silent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: šil·lam·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">I will repay;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: wə·šil·lam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">I will pay it back</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/2436.htm" title="2436: ḥê·qām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Bosom. Or cheq; and chowq; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom.">their laps,</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”…<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="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Jeremiah 16:17</a></span><br />For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Jeremiah 17:1</a></span><br />“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Jeremiah 32:18-19</a></span><br />You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts, / the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-8.htm">Psalm 90:8</a></span><br />You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-2.htm">Hosea 7:2</a></span><br />But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7</a></span><br />The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Deuteronomy 32:34-35</a></span><br />“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults? / Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">Job 14:16-17</a></span><br />For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin. / My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5-6</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. / God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-12.htm">Romans 14:12</a></span><br />So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">2 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a></span><br />Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,</p><p class="hdg">it is</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-14.htm">Exodus 17:14</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this <i>for</i> a memorial in a book, and rehearse <i>it</i> in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Deuteronomy 32:34</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not this laid up in store with me, <i>and</i> sealed up among my treasures?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a></b></br> Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: <i>are they</i> not in thy book?</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Isaiah 42:14</a></b></br> I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, <i>and</i> refrained myself: <i>now</i> will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Isaiah 64:12</a></b></br> Wilt thou refrain thyself for these <i>things</i>, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Psalm 50:3,21</a></b></br> Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him… </p><p class="hdg">but</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-12.htm">Psalm 79:12</a></b></br> And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18</a></b></br> And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/11-21.htm">Ezekiel 11:21</a></b></br> But <i>as for them</i> whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Except</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/79-12.htm">Laps</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-4.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-21.htm">Recompensed</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-16.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-18.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-31.htm">Requited</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-12.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-14.htm">Except</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Laps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Recompensed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Recorded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Requited</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-19.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Written</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/65.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/65.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, it is written before Me:</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the certainty and permanence of God's decrees. In biblical times, writing was a way to ensure that something was recorded and remembered. The imagery of something being "written before" God suggests that He is fully aware and has a record of the actions and sins of the people. This aligns with the concept of divine omniscience, where God is all-knowing and nothing escapes His notice. The idea of a heavenly record is also seen in passages like <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Malachi 3:16</a>, where a "scroll of remembrance" is mentioned.<p><b>I will not keep silent:</b><br>God's decision not to remain silent indicates His intention to act. In the context of Isaiah, this is a response to the persistent sin and rebellion of the people. Silence from God can sometimes be seen as a form of judgment or patience, but here, it signifies impending action. This echoes the prophetic tradition where God speaks through His prophets to warn and call His people to repentance, as seen in <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a>.<p><b>but I will repay:</b><br>The concept of repayment here is tied to divine justice. In the biblical narrative, God is portrayed as a just judge who will repay individuals and nations according to their deeds. This is consistent with the principle of retribution found throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a>, where believers are reminded that vengeance belongs to the Lord. The repayment is not arbitrary but is based on the moral and covenantal failures of the people.<p><b>I will pay it back into their laps:</b><br>The imagery of paying back into their laps suggests a personal and direct consequence for the actions of the people. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the lap was often associated with one's personal space and possessions, indicating that the repayment will be unavoidable and intimately felt. This phrase underscores the idea that the consequences of sin are inescapable and will be experienced personally. The notion of receiving in one's lap is also seen in <a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a>, where blessings are described as being poured into one's lap, highlighting the measure-for-measure principle in divine justice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah and is known for his messages of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, God is declaring His intention to act in response to the sins of the people. This reflects His justice and righteousness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies, they are often addressed in terms of their covenant relationship with God, which they have broken through idolatry and injustice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>A recurring theme in Isaiah, where God promises to repay the people for their sins, emphasizing His role as a just judge.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_life.htm">The Book of Life</a></b><br>While not explicitly mentioned in this verse, the concept of things being "written before Me" can be connected to the idea of divine records, such as the Book of Life, where deeds are recorded.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_certain.htm">God's Justice is Certain</a></b><br>God's promise to repay indicates His unwavering commitment to justice. Believers can trust that God will address all wrongs in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_accountability.htm">The Importance of Accountability</a></b><br>The concept of deeds being "written before Me" serves as a reminder that our actions are observed by God. We are accountable for our choices and should live in a way that honors Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding that God will repay should lead us to repentance. We are encouraged to turn away from sin and seek God's forgiveness through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>While we may desire immediate justice, this verse teaches us to trust in God's timing and His plan for ultimate justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_integrity.htm">Living with Integrity</a></b><br>Knowing that God sees and records our actions should inspire us to live with integrity, reflecting Christ in our daily lives.<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/main_themes_in_isaiah.htm">What are the main themes in the Book of Isaiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_events_does_revelation_predict.htm">What future events does Revelation predict?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'heaven_and_earth_will_pass'.htm">What does 'Heaven and Earth will pass away' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/inconsistencies_in_ezekiel_1_vs._isaiah_6.htm">Are there any inconsistencies between Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 1) and visions of divine glory in other scriptural passages, such as Isaiah 6 or Revelation 4?</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>(6) <span class= "bld">It is written before me . . .</span>--The thought is that of the great register, the book of God's remembrance, in which men's deeds, good and evil, are ever being recorded. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm" title="The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven on the table of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;">Jeremiah 17:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm" title="You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?">Psalm 56:8</a>; <a href="/daniel/12-1.htm" title="And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.">Daniel 12:1</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm" title="Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought on his name.">Malachi 3:16</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">But will recompense . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">without recompensing, </span>or, <span class= "ital">except I recompense. </span>Men took the long-suffering of God as if it indicated forgetfulness (<a href="/romans/2-4.htm" title="Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?">Romans 2:4</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm" title="The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.">2Peter 3:9</a>). They are told that He will at last requite the impenitent "into their very bosom," their inmost self, for all the evil they have done. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/65.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">It is written</span> <span class="cmt_word">before me.</span> The misconduct of his people is "written" in God's book, which lies open "before him," so that their sin is ever in his sight (comp. <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Malachi 3:16</a>; <a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12</a>). <span class="cmt_word">I will not keep silence</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>). "Keeping silence" is a metaphor for complete inaction. <span class="cmt_word">But will recompense</span>, etc.; rather, <span class="accented">until I have recompensed</span>, <span class="accented">yea</span>, <span class="accented">recompensed</span> [<span class="accented">them</span>] <span class="accented">into their bosoms</span> (comp. <a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a>). Gifts were given and received into the fold of the <span class="accented">beged</span>, or cloak, which depended in front of the bosom. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/65-6.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">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it is written</span><br /><span class="heb">כְתוּבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·ṯū·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before Me:</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</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">keep silent,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחֱשֶׂה֙</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2814.htm">Strong's 2814: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be silent, inactive, or still</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will repay;</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šil·lam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will pay it back</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·lam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their laps</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵיקָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·qām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2436.htm">Strong's 2436: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bosom</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/65-6.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 65:6 Behold it is written before me: (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/65-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 65:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 65:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:7" /></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>