20. But Esaias is very bold, and saith--that is, is still plainer, and
goes even the length of saying.
I was found of them that sought me not--until I sought them.
I was made--"became"
manifest unto them that asked not after me--until the invitation from
Me came to them. That the calling of the Gentiles was meant by these
words of the prophet
(Isa 65:1)
is manifest from what immediately follows, "I said, Behold Me, behold
Me, unto a nation that was not called by My name."
JFB.
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