Isaiah 65:7

65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

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.

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your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says Yahweh, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”

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.

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, which have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. ¶

65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

What does Isaiah 65:7 mean?

Isaiah 65:7 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָוֺן (ʻâvôn), אָב (ʼâb), יַחַד (yachad).

Hebrew interlinear

Your

iniquities,עָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

and

the

iniquitiesעָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

your

fathersאָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

together,יַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

saithאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

the

LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

which

have

burned

incenseקָטַרqâṭar/kaw-tar'/H6999to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)

upon

the

mountains,הַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

and

blasphemedחָרַףchâraph/khaw-raf'/H2778to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winter

upon

the

hills:גִּבְעָהgibʻâh/ghib-aw'/H1389a hillock

therefore

will

measureמָדַדmâdad/maw-dad'/H4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

their

formerרִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwn/ree-shone'/H7223first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

workפְּעֻלָּהpᵉʻullâh/peh-ool-law'/H6468(abstractly) work

into

their

bosom.חֵיקchêyq/khake/H2436the bosom (literally or figuratively)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 65:7.

Genesis 4:13

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven

1 Samuel 17:10

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Genesis 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: thou: Heb. eating thou shalt eat

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 65:7 say?

Isaiah 65:7 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 65:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 65:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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