God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 65:6
6“Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full.
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 sat among the graves and spent their nights in caves. They ate pork and in their pots made broth from unclean foods. 5They said, “Stay away! Don’t touch me! I’m holier than you are.” They have become like smoke in my nose, like a smoldering fire all day long. “Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full. 7I will repay you for your sins and for the sins of your ancestors,” says the Lord. They burnt incense on the mountains and slandered me on the hills, so I will be the first to pay them back in full. 8This is what the Lord says: When someone finds juice for new wine in a cluster of grapes, another person will say, “Don’t destroy it, because there’s a blessing in it.” In the same way, I will do this for my servants: I will not destroy everything.
Read all of Isaiah 65Isaiah 65:6 word by word
הִנֵּ֥ה כְתוּבָ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י לֹ֤א אֶחֱשֶׂה֙ כִּ֣י אִם־שִׁלַּ֔מְתִּי וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֖י עַל־חֵיקָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 65:6
- Exodus 17:14The Lord said to Moses, “Write this reminder on a scroll, and make sure that Joshua hears it, too: I will completely erase any memory of the Amalekites from the earth.”
- Deuteronomy 32:34Isn’t this what I’ve stored under lock and key in my storehouses?
- Psalms 56:8(You have kept a record of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. They are already in your book.)
- Malachi 3:16Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord paid attention and listened. A book was written in his presence to be a reminder to those who feared the Lord and respected his name.
- Revelation 20:12I saw the dead, both important and unimportant people, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened, including the Book of Life. The dead were judged on the basis of what they had done, as recorded in the books.
- Isaiah 42:14I have been silent for a long time. I kept quiet and held myself back. But like a woman in childbirth I will cry out. I will gasp and pant.
- Isaiah 64:12Despite these things, Lord, will you hold back? Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear?
- Psalms 50:3Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him.
- Psalms 79:12Pay each one of our neighbors back with seven times the number of insults they used to insult you, O Lord.
- Jeremiah 16:18First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.”
- Ezekiel 11:21But as for those whose minds are set on following detestable and disgusting idols, I will pay them back for what they have done, declares the Almighty Lord.’ ”
- Ezekiel 22:31So I will pour out my anger on you, and with my fiery anger I will consume you. This is because of all the things you have done,’ declares the Almighty Lord.”
- Joel 3:4“Now what do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will quickly pay you back for what you have done.
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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