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.”