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 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.’ 6The 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, as 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. 9I will cause Jacob's family to have descendants. There will be people of Judah's family who will live on my mountains. The land will belong to the people that I have chosen. My servants will live 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Your iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• which have burned incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and blasphemedחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• me upon the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• therefore will I measureמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• their formerרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• workפְּעֻלָּהpe‛ûllâh · wagesH6468
• into their bosomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:7

• Exodus 20:5You must not bend down your head to any idol or worship it. I am the Lord your God and I want you to belong to me alone. I will punish children because of the bad things that their fathers have done. I will also punish their children and their grandchildren too. That is how I will punish everyone who turns against me.
• Leviticus 26:39Those who remain here will die because of their sins. They will die because their ancestors did not obey God.
• Numbers 32:14Moses continued to say, ‘Now you are turning against God, as your fathers did. You are as bad as them! You will cause the Lord to be even more angry with the Israelites.
• Psalms 106:6We have done bad things, as our ancestors also did. We have done things that are wicked and evil.
• Daniel 9:8Our kings, our leaders and our ancestors have turned away from you, Lord. So we are very ashamed.
• Matthew 23:31So you are speaking against yourselves. You show that you are the sons of those people who killed God's prophets.
• Isaiah 57:7You go up to the tops of high hills, and you lie down there to have sex. You go there to offer sacrifices to your gods.
• 1 Kings 22:43Jehoshaphat lived in the good way that his father Asa had lived. He only did things that the Lord says are right. But he did not remove all the altars that were on the hills. People continued to offer sacrifices on those altars and they continued to burn incense there.
• 2 Kings 12:3But Joash did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars.
• 2 Kings 14:4He did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars.
• 2 Kings 15:35But he did not remove the altars on the hills. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on those altars. Jotham built the Higher Gate of the Lord's temple.
• 2 Kings 16:4Ahaz offered sacrifices and he burned incense on altars on the hills, as well as under all the big trees.
• Ezekiel 18:6He does not go up the mountains and eat the food of idols. He does not pray to the idols that other Israelites worship. He does not have sex with another man's wife. He does not have sex with a woman when she is unclean.
• Ezekiel 20:27So, son of man, you must speak to Israel's people. Tell them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Your ancestors insulted me when they did not serve me faithfully.
• Isaiah 65:6The 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,
• Jeremiah 5:9The Lord says this: ‘I must punish them for what they have done. I will pay back this wicked nation for their sins.’

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