New Living Translation
Isaiah 65:12
12now 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.”
Isaiah 65:12 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will fall in the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)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."
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.”
Context of Isaiah 65:12
10The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks for my people who have searched for me, and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds. 11“But because the rest of you have forsaken the Lord and have forgotten his Temple, and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny, 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.” 13Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will starve. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed. 14My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair.
Read all of Isaiah 65Isaiah 65:12 word by word
וּמָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם לַחֶ֗רֶב וְכֻלְּכֶם֙ לַטֶּ֣בַח תִּכְרָ֔עוּ יַ֤עַן קָרָ֙אתִי֙ וְלֹ֣א עֲנִיתֶ֔ם דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־חָפַ֖צְתִּי בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore will I numberמָנָהmânâh · to countH4487
- you to the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
- and ye shall all bow downכָּרַעkâra‛ · to bowH3766
- to the slaughterטֶ֫בַחţebach · slaughterH2874
- because when I calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- ye did not answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- when I spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- ye did not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- but didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
- before mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- and did chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
- wherein I delightedחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
Cross-references for Isaiah 65:12
- Isaiah 3:25The men of the city will be killed with the sword, and her warriors will die in battle.
- Isaiah 10:4You will stumble along as prisoners or lie among the dead. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.
- Leviticus 26:25I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.
- Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will bring death, and inside, terror will strike both young men and young women, both infants and the aged.
- Jeremiah 18:21So let their children starve! Let them die by the sword! Let their wives become childless widows. Let their old men die in a plague, and let their young men be killed in battle!
- Jeremiah 34:17“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.
- Ezekiel 14:17“Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.
- Zephaniah 1:4“I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship. I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of them will disappear.
- Matthew 22:7“The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
- Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I came? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
- Isaiah 66:4I will send them great trouble— all the things they feared. For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. They deliberately sinned before my very eyes and chose to do what they know I despise.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:15The Lord, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
- Proverbs 1:24“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
- Jeremiah 7:13While you were doing these wicked things, says the Lord, I spoke to you about it repeatedly, but you would not listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer.
- Zechariah 7:7Isn’t this the same message the Lord proclaimed through the prophets in years past when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, and the Negev and the foothills of Judah were well populated?’”
- Matthew 21:34At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop.
Commentaries on Isaiah 65:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Therefore 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."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Therefore will I number you to the sword - There is undoubtedly an allusion here to the idol Meni mentioned in Isaiah 65:11, and a play upon the name, in accordance with a custom quite common in the sacred Scriptures. The word מניתי mâniytiy I will number,‘ is derived from מנה mânâh the same word from which מני menı̂y is derived. The idea is, since they worshipped a god whose name denoted number - perhaps one who was supposed to number or appoint the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews who believed, and of those who persisted in unbelief, are set against one another. They prepared a table for that troop of deities which the heathen worship, and poured out drink-offerings to that countless number. Their worshippers spared no cost to honour them, which should shame the worshippers of the true God. See the malignity of sin; it is doing by choice what we know will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12destine: This verb (Hebrew manithi) is a wordplay on Meni (see study note on Isaiah 65:11). Only God controls human and national destinies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. number--"doom" you. Alluding to the "number," as Meni (Is 65:11) means. 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 (Is 64:7); yet even then none "answered" (Pr 1:24). Contrast with this God and His people's mutual fellowship in prayer (Is 65:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 65
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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