And יהוה saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Isaiah 65:2 - The Scriptures 2009 “I have held out My hands all day long to a stubborn people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts– American Standard Version (1901) I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; Common English Bible I extended my hands all day to a rebellious people walking in a way that isn’t good, following their own plans; Catholic Public Domain Version I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts. |
And יהוה saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
He plots wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not despise evil.
O יהוה, Your loving-commitment is in the heavens, And Your trustworthiness reaches to the clouds.
“Because I called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one inclined,
A ruthless man entices his neighbour, And leads him in a way that is not good,
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For יהוה has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.
Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.
“Woe to the stubborn children,” declares יהוה, “to make counsel, but not from Me, and to devise plans, but not of My Spirit, in order to add sin to sin;
that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who refuse to hear the Torah of יהוה,
Let the wrong forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to יהוה, who has compassion on him, and to our Elohim, for He pardons much.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares יהוה.
But they rebelled and grieved His Set-apart Spirit, so He turned against them as an enemy, and He fought against them.
“And I, because of their works and their imaginations, am coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My esteem.
"But whoever slays the bull strikes a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.
“I shall also choose their punishments, and bring their fears on them. Because I called, but no one answered. I spoke and they did not hear, and they did evil before My eyes, and chose what was displeasing to Me.”
But they shall say, “It is no use! For we walk according to our own plans, and we do each one the stubbornness of his evil heart.”
“At that time Yerushalayim shall be called the throne of יהוה, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the Name of יהוה, to Yerushalayim, and no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?
But this people has a backsliding and rebellious heart, they have turned aside and gone away.
“But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
And it shall be to you for a tzitzit, and you shall see it, and shall remember all the commands of יהוה and shall do them, and not search after your own heart and your own eyes after which you went whoring,
“For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.
“Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!
Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!”
And to Yisra’ĕl He says, “All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and back-talking people.”
But according to your hardness and your unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of Elohim,
“And it shall be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst.
for I myself know your rebellion and your stiff neck. See, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against יהוה, then how much more after my death?
“Remember, do not forget how you provoked to wrath יהוה your Elohim in the wilderness. From the day that you came out of the land of Mitsrayim until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against יהוה.