Isaiah 65:12 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 12.) Because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear. But you did evil in my sight and chose what I did not want. LXX: I called you and you did not hear, I spoke and you despised, and you did evil in my presence and chose what I did not want. You have been handed over to the sword, for not only have you forsaken me and forgotten me, but you have also mixed the cup of fortune.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Therefore will I number you - Referring to Meni, which signifies number “Rabbi Eliezar said to his disciples, Turn to God one day before you die. His disciples said, How call a man know the day of his death? He answered, Therefore it is necessary that you should turn to God to-day, for possibly ye may die to-morrow.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Retribution in kind, the punishment answering to the sin (compare 2Ch 36:14-17). I called, ye . . . not answer--"I called," though "none had called" upon Me (Isa 64:7); yet even then none "answered" (Pr 1:24). Contrast with this God and His people's mutual fellowship in prayer (Isa 65:24).

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמָנִ֨יתִי	u.ma.Ni.ti	and I will appoint	H4487 →
אֶתְכֶ֜ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
לַחֶ֗רֶב	la.Che.rev	to the sword	H2719 →
וְכֻלְּכֶם֙	ve.khu.le.Khem	and all of you	H3605 →
לַטֶּ֣בַח	la.Te.vach	to the slaughter	H2874 →
תִּכְרָ֔עוּ	tikh.Ra.'u	you will bow down	H3766 →
יַ֤עַן	Ya.'an	because	H3282 →
קָרָ֙אתִי֙	ka.Ra.ti	I called	H7121 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עֲנִיתֶ֔ם	'a.ni.Tem	you answered	H6030 →
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	I spoke	H1696 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם	she.ma'.Tem	you listened	H8085 →
וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ	va.ta.'a.Su	and you did	H6213 →
הָרַע֙	ha.Ra'	the evil	H7451 →
בְּעֵינַ֔י	be.'ei.Nai	in view my	H5869 →
וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר	u.va.'a.Sher	and <in> [that] which	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
חָפַ֖צְתִּי	cha.Fatz.ti	I desired	H2654 →
בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ פ	be.char.Tem	you chose	H977 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 50:2
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,…
leads to
- Isaiah 59:1
  Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- Numbers 11:23
  The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
- Isaiah 66:4
  So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and…
- Joshua 3:16
  the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Genesis 18:14
  Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
Through
Jeremiah 7:13
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…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
  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.
- Jeremiah 7:25
  From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
- Proverbs 1:24
  Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,