I am sought of [them that] asked not [for me]; I am found of [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [that] was not called by my name.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
J'ai exaucé ceux qui ne demandaient rien, Je me suis laissé trouver par ceux qui ne me cherchaient pas; J'ai dit: Me voici, me voici! A une nation qui ne s'appelait pas de mon nom.
KJV
I am sought of [them that] asked not [for me]; I am found of [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [that] was not called by my name.
Florus of Lyon
Book against John Scotus
phet, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me" (Isaiah 65:1). Or as it is read in our edition, "Those who did not ask for me sought me, and those who did not seek me found me." This is clear evidence of grace without works, whe…
Prosper of Aquitaine
Contra Collatorem
a people who do not believe Him and contradict Him, calling those who resist and are placed far off. Isaiah 65:1 Drawing the unwilling to salvation, withholding the opportunity to sin from those who wish to sin, kindly opposing those who hasten to evil. Now here, as if through an…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
observes, "that is, with the Father Who is My head," also this word "Who is"; because on the text of Is. 65:1, "Behold I go to the Gentiles," a gloss adds, "The Son speaks Who said to Moses, I am Who am." These appear to belong to the Son, and are not appropriated. For "truth," a…
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