New English Translation
Isaiah 65:7
7for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”
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, ‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. 6Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.” 8This is what the Lord says: “When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ So I will do for the sake of my servants – I will not destroy everyone. 9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; 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 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
- Leviticus 26:39“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
- Numbers 32:14Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.
- Psalms 106:6We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.
- Daniel 9:8O lord, we have been humiliated – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.
- Matthew 23:31By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
- Isaiah 57:7On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.
- 1 Kings 22:43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. (22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 12:3But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 14:4But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.
- 2 Kings 15:35But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Kings 16:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Ezekiel 18:6does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period,
- Ezekiel 20:27“Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.
- Isaiah 65:6Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
- Jeremiah 5:9I will surely punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!”
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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