1. Who inquired of God? Who sought him not? (vs. 1)

2. What was the result? What was God’s response? (vs. 1)

3. Who is he talking about? (vs. 1; Rom. 10:19-20)

4. To whom has God spread out his hands? (vs. 2)

5. How did this people walk? (vs. 2)

6. What specific things did they do to provoke God? (vs. 3-5)

7. How does God describe his disgust with them? (vs. 5)

8. Had they been warned? (vs. 6)

9. What will God recompense them for? (vs. 7)

10. What is the illustration of verse 8, and what is the explanation given? (vs. 8)

11. God will bring a seed out of Jacob and Judah to do what? (vs. 9)

12. What is the fate of those who for Jehovah or his holy mountain? (vs. 11)

13. Contrast the lot of God’s servants with those who refuse to hear him. (vs. 13-14)

14. How will the people of God regard the name of the wicked? (vs. 15)

15. What does God promise to create? (vs. 17)

16. What will happen to the former things? (vs. 17, 16)

17. What will be the mood of God and his people in this new environment? (vs. 18-19 )

18. How is the length of one’s life described, and what does it mean? (vs. 20)

19. What will not happen? (vs. 21-22) What is the significance of this?

20. Why will their work not be in vain? (vs. 23)

21. Will God be attentive them? (vs. 24)

25. What animals are named and how is their strange behavior characterized? (vs. 25)

26. Where can the people of God find safety and security? (vs. 25)

Isa. 65:1 found of them that sought me not è Deut. 32:15-21; Rom. 10:19-20; 9:30

Isa. 65:2 I have spread out my hands è Isa. 53:1; Rom. 10:16-21

Isa. 65:17 New heaven and earth è Return from captivity 48:12-20; 51:16; 64:4; 66:22; 1 Cor. 2:9 connect with vs. 25

Isa. 65:25 wolf, lamb, lion ox è 11:6-12; 49:5-6; Rom. 15:12

My holy mountain è 2:2-4; 11:9; 24:23 – 25:10