“I was ready to be sought out
By those who did not ask.
I was ready to be found
By those who did not seek me.
I said.
‘Here I am!
Here I am!’
To a nation
That did not call on my name.
I held out my hands
All day long
To a rebellious people.
They walk in a way
That is not good.
They follow their own devices.”
The response of Yahweh is that he is trying to reach out to the Israelites. He was ready and willing to go to those who were not even asking for or seeking him. Yahweh had replied that he was there for a nation that did not even called his name. Yahweh held out his hands all day long to these rebellious people. They did not walk the right way, since they followed their own devices and their own ways.
