“But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.”
But concerning Israel he says, 'All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.' — Isaiah 65:2 concludes with Israel's tragedy: God's hands remain ἐκτείνω (ekteinō, "stretched out") in invitation, yet Israel is ἀπειθέω (apeitheō, "disobedient") and ἀντιλέγω (antilegō, "contradicting"). The divine offer persists; human resistance persists. Israel's story ends in poignant refusal.
Church Fathers on Romans 10:21
“But unto Israel He says, All the day long have I stretched forth My hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.” Isaiah 65:2 Observe now that difficulty, which so many make a subject of question, is discovered laid up from of old in the words of the Prophet, and with a clear solution to it too. And what is this? You heard Paul say before. “What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness have attained unto righteousness. But Israel which…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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