Isaiah 65:12

I will appoint you for the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter, 1 because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. 1 But you did what was evil in my sight and and chose to do what displeases me.” 1

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In The King James Version

Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

In Context

11But you who abandon Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, 1 who prepare a table for Fortune, 1 and fill wine glasses of mixed wine for Destiny. 1

13This is what the Lord Yahweh says, 1 “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; 1 look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; 1 look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:25I will bring a sword on you that will execute vengeance for breaking the covenant. You will be gathered together inside your cities, and I will send a disease among you there, and then you will be delivered into the hand of your enemy.

2 Chronicles 36:15Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them by his messengers again and again, because he had compassion on his people and on the place where he lives.

Isaiah 1:16Wash, cleanse yourselves; 1 remove the evil of your deeds from my sight; 1 stop being evil; 1

Isaiah 10:4Nothing remains, and you crouch among the prisoners or fall among the killed. 1 In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out. 1

Isaiah 41:28When I look, there is no one, not one among them who can give good advice, 1 who, when I ask, can answer a word. 1

Isaiah 59:15Trustworthiness has gone away, and he who turns away from evil makes himself a victim. 1 Yahweh saw it and was displeased that there was no justice. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:12-17

Predictions of Punishment. ( b. c. 706.) 11 But ye are they that forsake the Lord , that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye… Read the whole commentary →

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