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You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/isaiah/65.htm">New Living Translation</a> now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword. All of you will bow down before the executioner. For when I called, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not listen. You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes— and chose to do what you know I despise.” <a href="/esv/isaiah/65.htm">English Standard Version</a> I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in.” <a href="/bsb/isaiah/65.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/isaiah/65.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/65.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore I will number you for the sword, And you shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not hear, But did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.” <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/65.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not listen. Instead, you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight.” <a href="/nasb/isaiah/65.htm">NASB 1995</a> I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/65.htm">NASB 1977 </a> I will destine you for the sword, And all of you shall bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight, And chose that in which I did not delight.” <a href="/lsb/isaiah/65.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter, Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did what was evil in My eyes And chose that in which I was not pleased.” <a href="/amp/isaiah/65.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I will destine you for the sword, [says the LORD], And all of you will bow down to the slaughter, Because when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not listen or obey. But you did [what was] evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight.” <a href="/csb/isaiah/65.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.” <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/65.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in My sight and chose what I did not delight in. <a href="/asv/isaiah/65.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/65.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your luck will end! I will see to it that you are slaughtered with swords. You refused to answer when I called out; you paid no attention to my instructions. Instead, you did what I hated, knowing it was wrong. <a href="/erv/isaiah/65.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/65.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Now I will destine you for death. All of you will bow to be slaughtered. I called, but you didn't answer. I spoke, but you didn't listen. You did what I consider evil. You chose what I don't like. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/65.htm">Good News Translation</a> It will be your fate to die a violent death, because you did not answer when I called you or listen when I spoke. You chose to disobey me and do evil. <a href="/isv/isaiah/65.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll consign you to the sword, and all of you will bend down for the slaughter— because when I called, you didn't answer, when I spoke, you didn't listen; but you did what was evil in my sight, and chose what I took no pleasure in." <a href="/msb/isaiah/65.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/isaiah/65.htm">NET Bible</a> I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me." <a href="/nheb/isaiah/65.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight." <a href="/wbt/isaiah/65.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 spoke, ye did not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose that in which I delighted not. <a href="/web/isaiah/65.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/65.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have numbered you for the sword, "" And all of you bow down for slaughter, "" Because I called, and you have not answered, "" I have spoken, and you have not listened, "" And you do evil in My eyes, "" And on that which I did not desire—fixed.” <a href="/ylt/isaiah/65.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/isaiah/65.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I numbered you to the sword, and ye all shall bend to the slaughter, because I called, and ye answered not: I spake and ye heard not; and ye will do evil in mine eyes, and in what I delighted not, ye chose.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/65.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called and you did not answer: I spoke, and you did not hear: and you did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the things that displease me. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/65.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I will number you with the sword, and you will all fall by slaughter. For I called and you did not respond; I spoke, and you did not listen. And you did what is evil in my eyes; and what I did not will, you have chosen. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/65.htm">New American Bible</a> You I will destine for the sword; you shall all bow down for slaughter; Because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen, But did what is evil in my sight and things I do not delight in, you chose, <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/65.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter; because, when I called, you did not answer, when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my sight, and chose what I did not delight in.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/65.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I will deliver you up to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen; and you did evil in my presence, and did choose the thing wherein I do not delight. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/65.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> I shall number you for the sword and all of you shall be destroyed in slaughter, because I called and you did not answer, and I have spoken and you have not heard, and you did what is evil before me, and you have chosen what I do not wish<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/65.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 spoke, ye did not hear; But ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes, And chose that wherein I delighted not. <a href="/sep/isaiah/65.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/65-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14297" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/65.htm">Judgments and Promises</a> …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, 12<a href="/hebrew/4487.htm" title="4487: ū·mā·nî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll.">I will destine</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: la·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">for the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵul·lə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and you will all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3766.htm" title="3766: tiḵ·rā·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate.">kneel down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2874.htm" title="2874: laṭ·ṭe·ḇaḥ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Slaughtering, slaughter. From tabach; properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast; abstr. Butchery.">to be slaughtered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I called</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: ‘ă·nî·ṯem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To answer, respond.">answer,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">I spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·ma‘·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wat·ta·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you did</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·ra‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nay (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in My sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bə·ḥar·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">and chose</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ū·ḇa·’ă·šer (Conj-w, Prep-b:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that in which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: ḥā·p̄aṣ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">delight.”</a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-31</a> Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Jeremiah 7:13-15</a> 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, / therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers. / And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim. <a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a> Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. <a href="/jeremiah/35-17.htm">Jeremiah 35:17</a> Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’” <a href="/ezekiel/8-18.htm">Ezekiel 8:18</a> Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.” <a href="/ezekiel/14-12.htm">Ezekiel 14:12-23</a> And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast, / then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. ... <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-13</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. / And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Deuteronomy 32:19-25</a> When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters. / He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness. / They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. ... <a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18</a> When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.” <a href="/matthew/22-2.htm">Matthew 22:2-7</a> “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. / He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come. / Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ ... <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” <a href="/luke/14-16.htm">Luke 14:16-24</a> But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests. / When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ / But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’ ... <a href="/john/5-40.htm">John 5:40</a> yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore will I number you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.will I<a href="/isaiah/3-25.htm">Isaiah 3:25</a> Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.<a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm">Isaiah 10:4</a> Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.<a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a> And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.because<a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">Isaiah 50:2</a> Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.<a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Isaiah 66:4</a> I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.<a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15,16</a> And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: … did evil<a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a> A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;<a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16</a> Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;<a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Jeremiah 16:17</a> For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.and did<a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3,4</a> He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations… <a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29</a> For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/46-2.htm">Bend</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-14.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Delighted</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Bend</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Delighted</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-24.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-19.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 65</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm">The calling of the Gentiles, </a> 2. <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">and the rejection of the Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">A remnant shall be saved</a> 11. <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly</a> 17. <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">The blessed state of the new Jerusalem</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/65.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/65.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>I will destine you for the sword This phrase indicates a divine judgment and a predetermined outcome of destruction. The "sword" is often symbolic of war and death in the Bible, reflecting God's judgment upon those who have turned away from Him. This echoes the covenant curses found in <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a>, where disobedience leads to military defeat and destruction. Historically, this can be seen in the Babylonian conquest of Judah, where the people faced literal destruction by the sword.and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered The imagery of kneeling suggests submission and inevitability, highlighting the totality of the judgment. This phrase underscores the seriousness of the consequences of disobedience. It can be connected to the prophetic warnings given by other prophets, such as Jeremiah, who also spoke of the coming destruction due to the people's unfaithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2</a>). The act of kneeling before slaughter also serves as a stark contrast to kneeling in worship, emphasizing the people's misplaced allegiances.because I called and you did not answer This reflects God's persistent attempts to reach out to His people, which they ignored. The call of God is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, where God seeks a relationship with His people (<a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-25</a>). The failure to respond to God's call is a sign of hardened hearts and spiritual deafness, as seen in the ministry of prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah, who were often ignored or rejected by the people.I spoke and you did not listen This phrase emphasizes the communication from God through His prophets, which was disregarded. Listening in the biblical sense implies obedience and action, not just hearing words. The people's refusal to listen is a direct violation of the Shema, the central declaration of faith in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>, which calls for attentive listening and love for God. This rejection of God's word is a recurring issue in Israel's history, leading to their downfall.you did evil in My sight This indicates a moral and spiritual failure, where the people engaged in actions contrary to God's commands. The phrase "in My sight" suggests that nothing is hidden from God, and He is fully aware of their transgressions. This evil is often associated with idolatry and injustice, which were prevalent in Israel and Judah, as seen in the indictments by prophets like Amos and Micah.and chose that in which I did not delight This highlights the deliberate choice of the people to pursue actions and lifestyles that are displeasing to God. It reflects a willful rebellion and preference for sin over righteousness. The concept of God delighting in certain actions is seen in passages like <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>, where God desires justice, mercy, and humility. The people's choices are in direct opposition to God's desires, leading to their judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The speaker in this verse, expressing His judgment and disappointment over the people's disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a> The recipients of God's message, who have turned away from Him and are facing impending judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a> A metaphor for the coming judgment and destruction due to the people's rebellion. 4. <a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a> The messenger through whom God communicates His message to the people. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a> The event of divine retribution that is prophesied due to the people's persistent disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God leads to inevitable judgment. Just as the Israelites faced consequences for their actions, we too must heed God's call to avoid spiritual and moral downfall. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god.htm">The Importance of Listening to God</a> God desires a relationship with us, and listening to His voice is crucial. Ignoring His call can lead to spiritual desolation. <a href="/topical/g/god's_persistent_call.htm">God's Persistent Call</a> Despite our failures, God continually reaches out to us. His patience is vast, but it is not without limits. We must respond to His call with obedience and faith. <a href="/topical/c/choosing_god's_delight.htm">Choosing God's Delight</a> Our choices should align with what pleases God. Delighting in His will leads to blessings, while choosing otherwise leads to spiritual peril. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Even in judgment, there is hope for restoration through repentance. Turning back to God can change our destiny from one of destruction to one of redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_65.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 65</a> <a href="/q/is_god_our_eternal_dwelling_place.htm">Are pleasures everlasting?</a> <a href="/q/is_christianity_linked_to_violence.htm">Is Christianity historically associated with violence?</a> <a href="/q/is_god's_wrath_in_revelation_16_at_odds_with_his_mercy.htm">Does the portrayal of God’s wrath in Revelation 16 conflict with the portrayal of God’s mercy elsewhere in the Bible? </a> <a href="/q/why_do_wars_persist_if_god's_name_is_safe.htm">Proverbs 18:10: Why do wars and disasters persist if God's name supposedly guarantees safety as a 'strong tower'?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/65.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Therefore will I number you; or, apportion you (maaithi) - a play upon the name of M'ni. The sword... slaughter. Not, perhaps, intended literally. Wicked men are God's sword (<a href="/psalms/17-13.htm">Psalm 17:13</a>), and deliverance into their hand would be deliverance to the sword and slaughter. The exiles suffered grievously at the hands of their Babylonian masters (<a href="/isaiah/47-6.htm">Isaiah 47:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17</a>, etc.). The character of their sufferings is given in the ensuing verses (vers. 13, 14). When I called, ye did not answer (see <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15, 16</a>; <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Proverbs 1:20-25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm">Isaiah 66:4</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/65-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will destine וּמָנִ֨יתִי (ū·mā·nî·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4487.htm">Strong's 4487: </a> To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll you אֶתְכֶ֜ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case for the sword, לַחֶ֗רֶב (la·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword and you will all וְכֻלְּכֶם֙ (wə·ḵul·lə·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every kneel down תִּכְרָ֔עוּ (tiḵ·rā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3766.htm">Strong's 3766: </a> To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate to be slaughtered, לַטֶּ֣בַח (laṭ·ṭe·ḇaḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2874.htm">Strong's 2874: </a> Something slaughtered, a beast, butchery because יַ֤עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause I called קָרָ֙אתִי֙ (qā·rā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read and you did not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no answer, עֲנִיתֶ֔ם (‘ă·nî·ṯem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond I spoke דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי (dib·bar·tî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue and you did not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no listen; שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם (šə·ma‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently you did וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ (wat·ta·‘ă·śū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make evil הָרַע֙ (hā·ra‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil in My sight בְּעֵינַ֔י (bə·‘ê·nay) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain and chose בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ (bə·ḥar·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select that in which וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ū·ḇa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no delight.? חָפַ֖צְתִּי (ḥā·p̄aṣ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2654.htm">Strong's 2654: </a> To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/65-12.htm">Isaiah 65:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-12.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 65:12 I will destine you to the sword (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 65:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 65:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 65:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>