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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 65:12

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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number--"doom" you. Alluding to the "number," as Meni (Isa 65:11) means. Retribution in kind, the punishment answering to the sin (compare Ch2 36:14-17). I called, ye . . . not answer--"I called," though "none had called" upon Me (Isa 64:7); yet even then none "answered" (Pro 1:24). Contrast with this God and His people's mutual fellowship in prayer (Isa 65:24).
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