Isaiah 65:7

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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)both for their own sins and for those of their ancestors,” says the Lord. “For they also burned incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. I will pay them back in full!

Context of Isaiah 65:7

5who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day. 6“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— 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.” 8This is what the Lord says: “As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it, there is still a blessing in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all. 9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.

Isaiah 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 worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
• Leviticus 26:39Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’ sins they will waste away.
• Numbers 32:14“And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.
• Psalms 106:6We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
• Daniel 9:8We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.
• Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
• Isaiah 57:7You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices.
• 1 Kings 22:43In everything he followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
• 2 Kings 12:3The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
• 2 Kings 14:4The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
• 2 Kings 15:35The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 16:4He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.
• Ezekiel 18:6He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.
• Ezekiel 20:27“Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In this also your ancestors blasphemed me by being unfaithful to me:
• Isaiah 65:6“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—
• Jeremiah 5:9Should I not punish them for this?” declares the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself 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

Topics related to Isaiah 65:7

• Blasphemy
• Children
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Heredity
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Blasphemy
• Bosom
• Former
• Isaiah
• Oreb; Zeeb

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