Isaiah 65 · Verse 12

Isaiah 65:12

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.
Isaiah 65:12, King James Version

Isaiah 65:12 in other translations

BSBI 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.”
WEBI 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.”
ASVI 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYI 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.
BBEYour 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.
WebsterTherefore 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.

What does Isaiah 65:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:11-16

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…

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Isaiah 65:12 in the original Hebrew

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וּמָנִ֨יתִיu.ma.Ni.tiand I will appointH4487
אֶתְכֶ֜ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
לַחֶ֗רֶבla.Che.revto the swordH2719
וְכֻלְּכֶם֙ve.khu.le.Khemand all of youH3605
לַטֶּ֣בַחla.Te.vachto the slaughterH2874
תִּכְרָ֔עוּtikh.Ra.'uyou will bow downH3766
יַ֤עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282
קָרָ֙אתִי֙ka.Ra.tiI calledH7121
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
עֲנִיתֶ֔ם'a.ni.Temyou answeredH6030
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.Temyou listenedH8085
וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּva.ta.'a.Suand you didH6213
הָרַע֙ha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינַ֔יbe.'ei.Naiin view myH5869
וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥רu.va.'a.Sherand <in> [that] whichH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
חָפַ֖צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiI desiredH2654
בְּחַרְתֶּֽם\׃\ \פbe.char.Temyou choseH977

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Cross references for Isaiah 65:12

  • Jeremiah 7:13

    And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15-16

    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: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  • Isaiah 50:2

    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.

  • Matthew 21:34-43

    And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. …

  • Zechariah 7:11-13

    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

  • Isaiah 3:25

    Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

  • Leviticus 26:25

    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.

  • Proverbs 1:24-33

    Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. …

  • Isaiah 65:3

    A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

  • Zechariah 7:7

    Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

  • John 1:11

    He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will I.
3:25; 10:4; Le 26:25; De 32:25; Jer 18:21; 34:17; Eze 14:17-21
Zep 1:4-6; Mt 22:7
because.
50:2; 66:4; 2Ch 36:15,16; Pr 1:24-33; Jer 7:13; Zec 7:7,11-13
Mt 21:34-43; 22:3; Joh 1:11
did evil.
3; 1:16; Jer 16:17
and did.
66:3,4; Pr 1:29

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Context

  • Isaiah 65:11

    But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

  • Isaiah 65:12

    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.

  • Isaiah 65:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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Isaiah 65:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo también os destinaré al cuchillo, y todos vosotros os arrodillaréis al degolladero: por cuanto llamé, y no respondisteis; hablé, y no oisteis; sino que hicisteis lo malo delante de mis ojos, y escogisteis lo que á mí desagrada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
je vous ai aussi comptés pour l’épée, et vous vous courberez tous dans le carnage, parce que j’ai appelé et vous n’avez pas répondu, j’ai parlé et vous n’avez pas écouté, et parce que vous faites ce qui est mauvais à mes yeux, et que vous avez choisi ce en quoi je ne prends pas plaisir.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich habe euch dem Schwerte bestimmt, und ihr alle werdet zur Schlachtung niedersinken; weil ich gerufen, und ihr nicht geantwortet habt, geredet, und ihr nicht gehört habt, sondern getan, was böse ist in meinen Augen, und das erwählet, woran ich kein Gefallen habe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
numerabo vos in gladio, et omnes in cæde corruetis: pro eo quod vocavi, et non respondistis; locutus sum, et non audistis; et faciebatis malum in oculis meis, et quæ nolui elegistis.