Isaiah 65:6

Isaiah 65:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
• New International Version (NIV)“See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps—
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay— Even repay into their bosom—

Context of Isaiah 65:6

4Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell]; Who eat swine’s flesh, And their pots hold the broth of unclean meat; 5Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me, For I am too holy for you [and you might defile me]!’ These [people] are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. Indeed, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay it [directly] into their arms, 7Both your own wickedness and the wickedness of your fathers,” says the Lord. “Since they too have made offerings with incense on the mountains And scorned and taunted Me on the hills, I therefore will measure [punishment for] their former work [directly] into their arms.” 8This is what the Lord says, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing and benefit in it,’ So I will do for the sake of My servants In order not to destroy all of them.

Isaiah 65:6 word by word

הִנֵּ֥ה כְתוּבָ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י לֹ֤א אֶחֱשֶׂה֙ כִּ֣י אִם־שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּי וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖י עַל־חֵיקָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• me: I will not keep silenceחָשָׁהchâshâh · be silentH2814
• but will recompenseשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• into their bosomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:6

• Exodus 17:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this in the book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek [and his people] from under heaven.”
• Deuteronomy 32:34‘Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries?
• Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not recorded in Your book?
• Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord [with awe-filled reverence] spoke to one another; and the Lord paid attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who fear the Lord [with an attitude of reverence and respect] and who esteem His name.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the dead were judged according to what they had done as written in the books [that is, everything done while on earth].
• Isaiah 42:14“I [the Lord] have been silent for a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will moan like a woman in labor, I will both gasp and pant.
• Isaiah 64:12Considering these [tragedies], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not help us]? Will You keep silent and humiliate and oppress us beyond measure?
• Psalms 50:3May our God come and not keep silent; Fire devours before Him, And around Him a mighty tempest rages.
• Psalms 79:12And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
• Jeremiah 16:18I will first doubly repay and punish them for their wickedness and their sin [before I return them to their land], because they have profaned My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”
• Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose heart longs for and follows after their detestable things and their repulsive things [associated with idolatry], on their own head I will repay [them in full for] their [vile] conduct,” says the Lord God.
• Ezekiel 22:31Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; I have repaid their way [by bringing it] upon their own heads,” says the Lord God.
• Joel 3:4Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon and all the [five small] regions of Philistia? Will you pay Me back for something [I have supposedly done to you]? Even if you do pay Me back, I will swiftly and speedily return your deed [of retaliation] on your own head.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Behold, it is written before me - Their sin is registered in heaven, calling aloud for the punishment due to it. I will - recompense into their bosom - The bosom is the place where the Asiatics have their pockets, and not in their skirts like the inhabitants of the west. Their loose flowing garments have scarcely any thing analogous to skirts. Into their bosom - For על al, ten MSS. and five editions have אל el . So again at the end of this verse…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Behold, it is written before me - That is, the crimes of which they had been guilty, or the sentence which would be consequent thereon. The allusion is to the custom of having the decrees of kings recorded in a volume or on a table, and kept in their presence, so that they might be seen and not forgotten. An allusion to this custom of opening the books containing a record of this kind on trials, occurs in Daniel 7:10, The judgment was set, and the books…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Behold, it is written before Me: God is fully committed to carrying out his plan. The godly asked if the Lord would remain silent forever (Isaiah 64:12). God answered that he would not stay silent. He would address the wicked before restoring the righteous remnant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. written before me--"it is decreed by Me," namely, what follows (Job 13:26), [Maurer]; or, their guilt is recorded before Me (compare Da 7:10; Re 20:12; Mal 3:16). into ... bosom--(Psa 79:12; Jr 32:18; Lu 6:38). The Orientals used the loose fold of the garment falling on "the bosom" or lap, as a receptacle for carrying things. The sense thus is: I will repay their sin so abundantly that the hand will not be able to receive it; it will need the spacious…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:6

• Children
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Heredity

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Bosom
• Isaiah
• Oreb; Zeeb

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings