Isaiah 19:22

19:22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their prayers ¹  and heal them.

Isaiah 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; ² 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ³ 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ⁴  my name.

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¹ tn Heb “he will be entreated.” The Niphal has a tolerative sense here, “he will allow himself to be entreated.”

² tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

³ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

⁴ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”