Isaiah 65:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Will i

Did evil

Isaiah 65:3

Isaiah 1:16

Jeremiah 16:17

And did

Isaiah 66:3

Proverbs 1:29

General references

Matthew 24:21

Bible References

Will i

Your men will be killed by the sword, in war.

There is nothing left but to crouch among prisoners and to fall with those who are killed. Even after all this, his anger will not disappear. His hand is stretched out (he is still ready to use his power).

I will bring war on you to get revenge for my promise you rejected. When you gather in your cities, I will send plagues on you and you will fall under the control of your enemy.

Outside the sword will bereave. Inside terror shall destroy both young man and virgin, babies and old man with gray hair.

Therefore, give their children over to famine and deliver them up to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death and their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

This is what Jehovah says: 'You did not obey me. You have not freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,' declares Jehovah. 'I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.

What if I bring a war against that country by saying I will let a war go throughout this country. And then I destroy the people and the animals in it.

I will use my power against Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will destroy followers of Baal in this place. I will remove the names of the pagan (idolatrous) priests along with my priests.

The king was angry, and sent his armies to put the evil servants to death and to destroy their town with fire.

Did evil

a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick.

Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

I see everything that they do. They cannot hide anything from me. Their wickedness cannot be hidden; I can see it.

And did

Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things.

You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah.

General references

There will be great tribulation. It will be greater than any has ever been from the beginning of the world until now.