Isaiah 65:12 “I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be sl…”

Isaiah 65:12

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

I will destine you to the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you didn’t answer. When I spoke, you didn’t listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”

American Standard Version

I will destine 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 ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore wil I number you to the sword, and all you shall bowe downe to the slaughter, because I called, and ye did not answere: I spake, and ye heard not, but did euil in my sight, and did chuse that thing which I would not.

Darby Translation

I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not — fixed.

Bible in Basic English

Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

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Cross references

“will I”

Isaiah 3:25 Isaiah 10:4 Leviticus 26:25 Deuteronomy 32:25 Jeremiah 18:21 Jeremiah 34:17

Isaiah 3:25 · BSB

Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

Isaiah 10:4 · BSB

Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Leviticus 26:25 · BSB

And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Deuteronomy 32:25 · BSB

Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

Jeremiah 18:21 · BSB

Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in…

Jeremiah 34:17 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword,…

“because”

Jeremiah 7:13 Isaiah 50:2 Zechariah 7:11–13 Matthew 21:34–43 Proverbs 1:24–33 Zechariah 7:7

Jeremiah 7:13 · BSB

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

Isaiah 50:2 · BSB

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert;…

Zechariah 7:11–13 · BSB

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Matthew 21:34–43 · BSB

When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

Proverbs 1:24–33 · BSB

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Zechariah 7:7 · BSB

Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

“did evil”

Isaiah 65:3 Isaiah 1:16 Jeremiah 16:17

Isaiah 65:3 · BSB

to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

Isaiah 1:16 · BSB

Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

Jeremiah 16:17 · BSB

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

“and did”

Isaiah 66:3 Proverbs 1:29

Isaiah 66:3 · BSB

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is li…

Proverbs 1:29 · BSB

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

Also

Isaiah 27:1 Isaiah 41:28

Isaiah 27:1 · BSB

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Isaiah 41:28 · BSB

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

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