New Revised Standard Version
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

Contemporary English Version
Isaiah was fearless enough to tell that the Lord had said, "I was found by people who were not looking for me. I appeared to the ones who were not asking about me."

New American Bible
Then Isaiah speaks boldly and says: “I was found [by] those who were not seeking me; I revealed myself to those who were not asking for me.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Isaias is bold, and saith: I was found by them that did not seek me. I appeared openly to them that asked not after me.

But Isaias is bold, and saith: I was found by them that did not seek me. I appeared openly to them that asked not after me.

very bold.

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Isaiah 58:1 Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Ephesians 6:19,20 And for me, that speech may be given me, that I may open my mouth with confidence, to make known the mystery of the gospel, . . .

I was found.

Romans 9:30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who followed not after justice have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith.

Isaiah 65:1,2 They have sought me that before asked not for me, they have found me that sought me not. I said: Behold me, behold me, to a nation that did not call upon my name. . . .

I was made.

Isaiah 49:6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Isaiah 52:15 He shall sprinkle many nations, kings shall shut their mouth at him: for they to whom it was not told of him, have seen: and they that heard not, have beheld.

Isaiah 55:4,5 Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, for a leader and a master to the Gentiles. . . .

Matthew 20:16 So shall the last be first and the first last. For many are called but few chosen.

Matthew 22:9,10 Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage. . . .

Luke 14:23 And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

1 John 4:19 Let us therefore love God: because God first hath loved us.