Yesaya 65:1

The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; ¹ 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ² 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ³  my name.

Roma 9:30

Israel’s Rejection Culpable

9:30 What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

[65:1]  ¹ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

[65:1]  ² tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

[65:1]  ³ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”