Isaiah 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.

"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’

"I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’ To a nation which did not call on My name.

The LORD says, "People who never before inquired about me are now asking about me. I am being found by people who were not looking for me. To them I have said, ‘I am here!’

"I've made myself available to those who haven't bothered to ask. I'm here, ready to be found by those who haven't bothered to look. I kept saying 'I'm here, I'm right here' to a nation that ignored me.

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation that did not call on my name.

"I was sought by those who did not ask for Me ; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name.

“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.

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

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

³ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”