God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 65:7
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.
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 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. 6“Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full. I 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. 9I will bring ⌞with me⌟ Jacob’s descendant, one who will inherit my mountains from Judah. My chosen ones will inherit them. My servants will live there.
Read all of Isaiah 65Isaiah 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 20:5Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.
- Leviticus 26:39Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
- Numbers 32:14“You’re just like your parents! You’re a bunch of sinners trying to make the Lord angry with Israel again.
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned, and so did our ancestors. We have done wrong. We are guilty.
- Daniel 9:8We, our kings, leaders, and ancestors are ashamed because we have sinned against you, Lord.
- Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Isaiah 57:7You’ve made your bed on a high and lofty mountain. You’ve gone to offer sacrifices there.
- 1 Kings 22:43Jehoshaphat carefully followed the example his father Asa had set and did what the Lord considered right.
- 2 Kings 12:3But the illegal places of worship weren’t torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.
- 2 Kings 14:4But the illegal places of worship were still not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites.
- 2 Kings 15:35But the illegal places of worship were not torn down. The people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at these worship sites. Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Kings 16:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense as an offering at the illegal worship sites, which were on hills and under every large tree.
- Ezekiel 18:6He doesn’t eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He doesn’t dishonor his neighbor’s wife or have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is having her period.
- Ezekiel 20:27“Speak to the nation of Israel, son of man. Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Your ancestors insulted me again because they were unfaithful to me.
- Isaiah 65:6“Look! It is written in front of me. I will not be silent, but I will repay. I will repay you in full.
- Jeremiah 5:9I will punish them for these things,” declares the Lord. “I will punish this nation.
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
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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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