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

4They sit among the graves and they hide in caves. They eat meat from pigs. They use unclean meat to make their soup. 5They say to each other, “Keep away from me! Do not come near me! I am too holy for you!” These people are like smoke in my nose! They are like a fire that burns all day.’ The Lord says, ‘Look! I have decided what I will do, and I have written it down: I will not keep quiet. I will punish them completely. I will give them everything that they deserve, 7as punishment for their sins and for the sins of their ancestors. They burned incense to their idols on the mountains, and they insulted me on the hills. So I will punish them completely, as much as they deserve.’ 8This is what the Lord says: ‘If grapes still have some juice in them, someone will say, “Do not destroy them. There is some juice there that we can use.” I will do the same thing for my servants. I will not destroy them all.

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 down what happened here in a book. Then people will remember it. Read it aloud for Joshua to hear. Say that I will completely destroy all the Amalekites. Nobody in the whole world will remember them any more.’
• Deuteronomy 32:34The Lord says, ‘I will not forget to punish Israel's enemies. I have already decided what I will do, and I will do it!
• Psalms 56:8Every time that I am upset, you know about it. Put all my tears in your bottle! Yes, write down every tear in your book.
• Malachi 3:16Then the people who respected the Lord talked to each other. The Lord listened to what they said. While the Lord watched, someone wrote names on a scroll. Those were the names of the people who worshipped the Lord and respected the Lord's name. They wrote down their names so that people would remember them.
• Revelation 20:12I also saw the people who had died, important people and ordinary people. They were standing in front of the great throne. Then someone opened books to see what was in them. God had written in them all the things that the people had done. Then someone opened another book which is God's book of life. God judged the people who had died. He looked in the books to see what they had done, and he decided what was right.
• Isaiah 42:14The Lord says, ‘I have been quiet for a long time. I have held back my anger. But now I am ready to deliver! I will cry out and shout and groan, like a woman who is ready to give birth.
• Isaiah 64:12Lord, see what is happening and do something! Will you continue to keep quiet? Will you continue to give us so much trouble?
• Psalms 50:3Our God is coming, and he does not come quietly! A fire burns up everything that is in front of him. There is a great storm all round him.
• Psalms 79:12Lord, those countries near to us have insulted you. Punish them as they deserve, seven times over! Give them as much trouble as they have given to you.
• Jeremiah 16:18I will punish them for their sins. I will make them pay twice for the wrong things that they have done. That is because they have spoiled my land. They have made it unclean with their disgusting idols that have no life. They have filled my special land with the evil things that they have done.’
• Ezekiel 11:21But it will be different for those who continue to worship their disgusting idols. I will punish them as they deserve because of the evil things that they have done. That is what the Almighty Lord says.’
• Ezekiel 22:31So I will certainly destroy them. I will punish them with my great anger, like a fire that burns them completely. I will now punish them as they deserve for their sins. That is what the Almighty Lord says.’
• Joel 3:4You people in Tyre, Sidon, and of all the land of the people called Philistines, listen. You cannot say that I have done anything wrong. You want to punish me. If you do this, I will soon do the same to you.

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