Isaiah 65:7

Isaiah 65:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
• New International Version (NIV)both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,” says the Lord. “Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)both your iniquities and your fathers' iniquities together, says the Lord; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their lap payment for their former deeds."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,” Says the Lord, “Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

Context of Isaiah 65:7

5They 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. 6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps, 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.” 8This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all. 9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.

Isaiah 65:7 word by word

עֲ֠וֹנֹתֵיכֶם וַעֲוֹנֹ֨ת אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם יַחְדָּו֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר קִטְּרוּ֙ עַל־הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים וְעַל־הַגְּבָע֖וֹת חֵרְפ֑וּנִי וּמַדֹּתִ֧י פְעֻלָּתָ֛ם רִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה אֶל חֵיקָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• bothיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• for your iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Becauseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• they burned incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and scorned Meחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• I will measureמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• into their lapsחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436
• full payment for their formerרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• deedsפְּעֻלָּהpe‛ûllâh · wagesH6468

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:7

• Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Leviticus 26:39Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
• Numbers 32:14Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
• Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
• Daniel 9:8O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
• Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
• 1 Kings 22:43And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 12:3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
• 2 Kings 14:4Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 15:35Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
• Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
• Ezekiel 20:27Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.
• Isaiah 65:6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
• Jeremiah 5:9Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers "Their iniquities, and the iniquities of their fathers" - For the pronoun affixed of the second person חם chem, your, twice, read הם hem, their, in the third person; with the Septuagint and Houbigant. - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Your iniquities - Their idolatry and their forsaking God, and their arts of necromancy. And the iniquities of your fathers together - The consequences of your own sins, and of the long defection of the nation from virtue and pure religion, shall come rushing upon you like accumulated floods. This is in accordance with the Scripture doctrine everywhere, that the consequences of the sins of ancestors pass over and visit their posterity (see Exodus 20:5…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The people of Israel practiced their pagan religion at sacred shrines on mountains and hills (see 1 Kings 14:23; Hosea 4:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Their sin had been accumulating from age to age until God at last repaid it in full. mountains--(Is 57:7; Eze 18:6; 20:27, 28; Ho 4:13). their--"Your" had preceded. From speaking to, He speaks of them; this implies growing alienation from them and greater distance. work--the full recompense of their work (so Is 49:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:7

• Blasphemy
• Children
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Heredity
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Blasphemy
• Bosom
• Former
• 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