Isaiah 65:1

New English Translation

“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:7

When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, ‘Here I am!’

Psalm 22:27

Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! Let all the nations worship you!

Isaiah 11:10

At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.

Isaiah 40:9

Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Isaiah 41:27

I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 43:1

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 55:5

Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.

Isaiah 63:19

We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them, they were not your subjects.

Hosea 1:10

(2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are children of the living God!”

Zechariah 2:11

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

Luke 13:12

When Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”

John 1:29

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Romans 10:20

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.”

Romans 9:30

What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

1 Peter 2:10

You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.