Commentary on Isaiah Volume 2 John Calvin (continued)
Chapter 65
CHAPTER 65
Isaiah 65:1-25 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.
1. Patefeci me iis qui non interrogabant, inventus sum ab ils qui non quaerebant me; dixi, Ecce ego, ecce ego, ad gentem quae non invocabat nomen meum.
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;
2. Expandi quotidie manus meas ad populum rebellem, gradientes via non bona post cogitationes suas.
3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
3. Populus qui me irritat semper in faciem meam, qui sacrificat in hortis, et suffitum facit super lateres.
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;
4. Qui manent in sepulchris, in desertis pernoctant, qui comedunt carnem suillam, et jus pollutorum in vasis eorum.
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.
5. Qui dicunt, Mane apud to, ne accedas ad me, quia sanctificarem to, (vel, sanctior sum quam tu;) isti fumus in furore meo, ignis ardens tota die.
6. Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
6. Ecce scriptum est coram me; non tacebo, quin reddam et rependam in