Isaiah 65:1-3

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All People Will Learn About God

65 “I helped people who had not come to me for advice. Those who found me were not looking for me.^[a] I spoke to a nation that does not use my name. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

²“All day long I stood ready to accept those who turned against me. But they kept doing whatever they wanted to do, and all they did was wrong. ³They keep doing things, right in front of me, that make me angry. They offer sacrifices and burn incense in their special gardens.^[b]

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Isaiah 65:1 I helped … me Or “I was ready to answer those who did not come to me for advice. I was ready to be found by those who did not look for me.”
Isaiah 65:3 special gardens Gardens where people worshiped false gods.