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Isaiah 65:24
24Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
Isaiah 65:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
Context of Isaiah 65:24
22No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. 23They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. 25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.
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וְהָיָ֥ה טֶֽרֶם־יִקְרָ֖אוּ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶעֱנֶ֑ה ע֛וֹד הֵ֥ם מְדַבְּרִ֖ים וַאֲנִ֥י אֶשְׁמָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 65:24
- Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
- Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
- Psalms 50:15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalms 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
- Daniel 9:20While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill—
- Daniel 10:12Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
- Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- Luke 15:18I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Acts 4:31After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Acts 10:30Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me
- Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
- 1 John 5:14This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Commentaries on Isaiah 65:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Before they call, I will answer - I will give them all they crave for, and more than they can desire.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Before they call, I will answer - That is, their desires shall be anticipated, God will see their needs, and he will impart to them the blessings which they need. He will not wait to be applied to for the blessing. How many such blessings do all his people receive at the hand of God! How ready is he to anticipate our needs! How watchful is he of our necessities; and how rich his benevolence in providing for us! Even the most faithful and prayerful of his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24God will be present with his people (see also Isaiah 19:22; 30:19; compare 1:15; 59:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Contrast Is 64:7, "none ... calleth," &c.; and see on Is 65:12, "I called, ye did not answer." Maurer translates, "They shall hardly (literally, "not yet") call, when (literally, "and") I will answer; they shall be still speaking, when I will hear" (Psa 32:5; Da 9:20, 21).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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