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Isaiah 65:1

Michelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509, Sistine Chapel

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Isaiah 65:1 (WEB)

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.

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Origen

  • “For through their sin salvation came to the Gentiles, respecting whom the Christ who speaks in the prophecies says, “A people whom I did not know became subject to Me: they were obedient to the hearing of My ear;” and, “I was found of them who sought Me not; I became manifest to those who inquired not after Me.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. lxv. 1.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “He of whom He has said, “God shall come openly, our God, and shall not keep silence;” that is, the Son, who came manifested to men who said, “I have openly appeared to those who seek Me not.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1.

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  • “…a King, “of whose kingdom is no end;” and frankincense, because He was God, who also “was made known in Judea,” and was “declared to those who sought Him not.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1. [A beautiful idea for poets and orators, but not to be pressed dogmatically.]

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Hippolytus of Rome

Justin Martyr

Augustine of Hippo

Leo the Great

  • “…statement of the Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord God who is found and revealed even to those who seek Him not, yes, even to those who ask not for Him, in spite of some attempts to resist at first, nevertheless showed us His Truth, and ordained that it should be written down and proclaimed by all unanimously…” — editor's note: Cf. Is. lxv. 1.

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  • “These words will I do for them, and not forsake them.”” — editor's note: Is. xlii. 16, and lxv. 1.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

Hilary of Poitiers

Cyprian of Carthage

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  • Wisdom 14:18 and Isaiah 65:1 share the same wording (10 words).

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  • Romans 10:20 takes up the words of Isaiah 65:1 (14 words in common).

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