Isaiah 65:24

Isaiah 65:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
• New International Version (NIV)Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Context of Isaiah 65:24

22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. 23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them. Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 65:24 word by word

וְהָיָ֥ה טֶֽרֶם־יִקְרָ֖אוּ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶעֱנֶ֑ה ע֛וֹד הֵ֥ם מְדַבְּרִ֖ים וַאֲנִ֥י אֶשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear

• ·הָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• Even beforeטֶ֫רֶםţerem · beforeH2962
• they callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• will answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and while theyהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• are stillעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• will hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:24

• Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
• Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Daniel 9:20While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
• Daniel 10:12“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
• Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
• Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
• Acts 10:30Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
• Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
• 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Before they call, I will answer - I will give them all they crave for, and more than they can desire.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Before they call, I will answer - That is, their desires shall be anticipated, God will see their needs, and he will impart to them the blessings which they need. He will not wait to be applied to for the blessing. How many such blessings do all his people receive at the hand of God! How ready is he to anticipate our needs! How watchful is he of our necessities; and how rich his benevolence in providing for us! Even the most faithful and prayerful of his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24God will be present with his people (see also Isaiah 19:22; 30:19; compare 1:15; 59:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Contrast Is 64:7, "none ... calleth," &c.; and see on Is 65:12, "I called, ye did not answer." Maurer translates, "They shall hardly (literally, "not yet") call, when (literally, "and") I will answer; they shall be still speaking, when I will hear" (Psa 32:5; Da 9:20, 21).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:24

• Church
• Jesus, the Christ
• Millennium
• Prayer
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

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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