King James Version
Isaiah 65:2 in the King James Version says “I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their o...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 65 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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;”
Isaiah 65:2 · KJV
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 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;
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; upon: Heb. upon bricks
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; broth: or, pieces
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“my hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“which walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“in a way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that was not good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“their own thoughts”
H4284a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
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