1 “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 My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ 2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, 3 to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
Isaiah 65:1–3
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