What does Isaiah 65:7 mean?
ESV: both your iniquities and your fathers’ iniquities together, says the LORD; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their lap payment for their former deeds.”
NIV: both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,' says the LORD. 'Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds.'
NASB: Both your own wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,' says the Lord. 'Because they have burned incense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their laps.'
CSB: for your iniquities and the iniquities of your ancestors together," says the Lord. "Because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds."
NLT: both for their own sins and for those of their ancestors,' says the Lord. 'For they also burned incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. I will pay them back in full!
KJV: 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.
NKJV: Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,” Says the Lord, “Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
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Isaiah is among the most important prophetic books in the entire Bible. The first segment details God's impending judgment against ancient peoples for sin and idolatry (Isaiah 1—35). The second part of Isaiah briefly explains a failed assault on Jerusalem during the rule of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36—39). The final chapters predict Israel's rescue from Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 40—48), the promised Messiah (Isaiah 49—57), and the final glory of Jerusalem and God's people (Isaiah 58—66).
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