English Standard Version
Isaiah 65:6
6Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap
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—
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay— Even repay into their bosom—
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Look, my decree is written out in front of me: I will not stand silent; I will repay them in full! Yes, I will repay them—
Context of Isaiah 65:6
4who sit in tombs, and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels; 5who say, "Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you." These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day. Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap 7both 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." 8Thus says the Lord: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say, 'Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,' so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.
Read all of Isaiah 65Isaiah 65:6 word by word
הִנֵּ֥ה כְתוּבָ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י לֹ֤א אֶחֱשֶׂה֙ כִּ֣י אִם־שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּי וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖י עַל־חֵיקָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 65:6
- Exodus 17:14Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."
- Deuteronomy 32:34"'Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up in my treasuries?
- Psalms 56:8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
- Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and 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 by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
- Isaiah 42:14For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
- Isaiah 64:12Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
- Psalms 50:3Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
- Psalms 79:12Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
- Jeremiah 16:18But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations."
- Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God."
- Ezekiel 22:31Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God."
- Joel 3:4"What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
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
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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
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