6 "See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps-
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
6 Behold, it is written before me: "I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their bosom
6 Look at this! Their sins are all written out - I have the list before me. I'm not putting up with this any longer. I'll pay them the wages
6 "Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay-- Even repay into their bosom--
6 "Look, my decree is written out in front of me: I will not stand silent; I will repay them in full! Yes, I will repay them-
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 65:6
Commentary on Isaiah 65:1-7
(Read Isaiah 65:1-7)
The Gentiles came to seek God, and find him, because they were first sought and found of him. Often he meets some thoughtless trifler or profligate opposer, and says to him, Behold me; and a speedy change takes place. All the gospel day, Christ waited to be gracious. The Jews were bidden, but would not come. It is not without cause they are rejected of God. They would do what most pleased them. They grieved, they vexed the Holy Spirit. They forsook God's temple, and sacrificed in groves. They cared not for the distinction between clean and unclean meats, before it was taken away by the gospel. Perhaps this is put for all forbidden pleasures, and all that is thought to be gotten by sin, that abominable thing which the Lord hates. Christ denounced many woes against the pride and hypocrisy of the Jews. The proof against them is plain. And let us watch against pride and self-preference, remembering that every sin, and the most secret thoughts of man's heart, are known and will be judged by God.