Isaiah 65:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

I am sought

Ephesians 2:12

Unto

General references

Romans 9:16

Romans 15:21

Bible References

I am sought

"It will come about in the last days that the mountain that is the LORD's Temple will be established as the highest of mountains, and will be raised above the hills; all the nations will stream to it.

At that time, as to the root of Jesse, who will be standing as a banner for the nations, the nations will rally to him, and his resting place is glorious.

"Look! You will call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that does not know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you."

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD; all the families of the nations will bow in submission to the LORD.

including us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but from the gentiles as well?

And Isaiah boldly says, "I was found by those who were not looking for me; I was revealed to those who were not asking for me."

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

Unto

But now this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, because I've redeemed you. I've called you by name; you are mine.

For a long time we have been those you do not rule, those who are not called by your name.

Despite this, the number of the people of Israel will be like ocean sand, which can neither be measured nor counted. And the time will come when instead of it being said, "You are not my people,' it will be said, "You are children of the living God.'

"Many nations will cling to the LORD at that time and will become my people. I will live in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to you.

Many people and powerful nations will come to inquire of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in Jerusalem, and to pray in the presence of the LORD."'"

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

General references

Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.

Rather, as it is written, "Those who were never told about him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."