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Isaiah 65:7 Explained in Context
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Verse 7. 7Your 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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Quick Meaning
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the…” at Isaiah 65:7 as a specific part of “Persistent Rebellion Receives an Answer.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 65:1–7
Read Isaiah 65:7 with 65:1–7. By itself, “Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The LORD is available to a people who do not call, yet provocation through illicit worship, tombs, foods, superiority claims, and inherited wrongdoing meets measured repayment.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This received unit develops “Persistent Rebellion Receives an Answer” through its own speaker, addressee, scene, poem, oracle, sign, or historical episode. Its non-interchangeable movement is: The LORD is available to a people who do not call, yet provocation through illicit worship, tombs, foods, superiority claims, and inherited wrongdoing meets measured repayment. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the…” at Isaiah 65:7 as a specific part of “Persistent Rebellion Receives an Answer.”
What Remains True
Worship and identity cannot substitute for truthful repair where violence, exploitation, and refusal persist. In Isaiah 65:7, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the…” at Isaiah 65:7 as a specific part of “Persistent Rebellion Receives an Answer.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Name concrete harm, protect affected people, pursue repair, and refuse collective stigma or self-righteous transfer of the charge to outsiders. This response follows Isaiah 65:1–7's specific concern, “Persistent Rebellion Receives an Answer.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the…” at Isaiah 65:7 as a specific part of “Persistent Rebellion Receives an Answer.”
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Read Isaiah 65:1–7 — Persistent Rebellion Receives an AnswerSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 65:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 65:1–7 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 65:1–7 in the complete 205-page book PDF
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