Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Isaiah 65

Isa 65:1 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.

found of them that sought me not

Rom 10:20.

Isa 65:2 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;

spread out my hands all the day

Rom 10:21.

Isa 65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

that provoketh me to anger

Deu 32:21.

Isa 65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

which eat swine's flesh

Isa 66:17; Lev 11:7.

Isa 65:7 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.

the iniquities of your fathers

Exo 20:5.

have burned incense upon the mountains

Eze 18:6.

blasphemed me upon the hills

Eze 20:27, 28.

Isa 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

mine elect

Isa 65:15, 22; Mat 24:22; Rom 11:5, 7.

Isa 65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

Sharon

Isa 33:9; 35:2.

valley of Achor

Jos 7:24, 26; Hos 2:15.

Isa 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

for a curse

Jer 29:22; Zec 8:13.

call his servants by another name

Isa 62:2; Act 11:26.

Isa 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

create

Isa 51:16; 66:22; 2Pe 3:13; Rev 21:1.

new heavens and a new earth

Isa 65:17 looks beyond the kingdom-age to the new heavens and the new earth (see [above] refs. at "create"), but Isa 65:18-25 describe the kingdom-age itself. Longevity is restored, but death, the "last enemy" (1Co 15:26), is not destroyed till after Satan's rebellion at the end of the thousand years (Rev 20:7-14).

Isa 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

voice of weeping shall be no more heard

Isa 35:10; 51:11; Rev 7:17; 21:4.

Isa 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

shall build houses, and inhabit them

Isa 61:9.

Isa 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

they are the seed of the blessed [See also Isa 65:25.]

Kingdom (O.T.). Isa 65:18-25; Jer 16:12-16. (Gen 1:26; Zec 12:8).