Isaiah 65:8

"your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the LORD, “who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills. Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”"

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the corporate responsibility of a community for the sins of its ancestors, emphasizing that past iniquities, such as idolatrous practices and blasphemy, weigh heavily on future generations. The Lord declares He will judge them by measuring these inherited sins against them, illustrating the lasting consequences of previous transgressions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thus saith the Lord -This verse is designed to keep their minds from utter despair, and to assure them that they should not be utterly destroyed. See the analysis of the chapter. As the new wine -The Hebrew word used here (תירושׁtı̂yrôsh), means properly “must” or “new wine” (see the notes atIsaiah 24:7). The Septuagint renders it here,ὁ ῥὼξhorōx, a grain or berry; meaning probably a good grape. The Chaldee renders it, ‘As Noah was found pure in the generation of the deluge, and I said I would not destroy them, that I might rise up a generation from him, so will I do on account of my servants, that I may not destroy all.’ Jerome renders it,Granum- ‘A kernel,’ or berry.

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