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Time after Pentecost · Proper 7 · Year C

Isaiah 65:1-9

A Remnant Preserved

June 25, 2028

Paradise Landscape with Animals, Jan Brueghel the Younger
Paradise Landscape with Animals, Jan Brueghel the Younger, circa 1620sGoogle Art Project / Wikimedia Commons
The second Jan Brueghel repeating his father's paradise formula: every creature painted individually, in a wood opening onto water.I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask: Isaiah 65 ends with a promise about a renewed creation, and this is creation unspoiled.Jan Brueghel the YoungerGrandson of Bruegel, who took over his father's Antwerp workshop at twenty-one and kept its formulas going for decades.Google Art Project / Wikimedia CommonsNo holding institution is recorded with the image; it is known from the public domain reproduction.Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 8:26-39Lk 8:26-39
EpistleGal. 3:23-4:7Gal 3:23-4:7
Old TestamentIsa. 65:1-9Is 65:1-9
PsalterPs. 3Ps 3

Overview & Insights

"I will not destroy them all... I will bring forth descendants from Jacob." (Isaiah 65:8-9)

God speaks of patiently reaching out to a rebellious people who provoke him with idolatrous worship, and declares judgment on their defiance, but promises to preserve a faithful remnant for the sake of God's own servants.

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Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 65:1-9Commentary on Is 65:1-9 Working Preacher

Traces the movement from grief to judgment to mercy across the passage.

Isaiah 65 CommentaryIs 65 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Explains the image of wine in a spoiled cluster as the promise to a remnant.

Isaiah 65:1 CommentariesIs 65:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Collects classic commentators on God being found by those who did not seek him.

Isaiah 65 - Barnes' NotesIs 65 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight

Notes the specific idolatrous practices God names in verses 3-5.

Background & Word Study

Isaiah 65:1 InterlinearIs 65:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Hebrew of God's self-offering to a people who did not ask.

Isaiah 40-66Is 40-66 BibleProject

Overview video covering the section of Isaiah this oracle belongs to.

Isaiah 65:1Is 65:1 Sefaria

Hebrew text of the oracle alongside translation.

Art & Music

Art, music and hymns for Isaiah 65:1-9Art, music and hymns for Is 65:1-9 Vanderbilt

The Vanderbilt Divinity Library index of visual art, hymns and music chosen for this reading.

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