Isaiah 66:4

Conservative English Version

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. Now I will punish you in a way you dread the most.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

Manasseh disobeyed the LORD by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Kings 21:6

and even set up the pole for Asherah there. Manasseh practiced magic and witchcraft; he asked fortunetellers for advice and sacrificed his own son. He did many sinful things and made the LORD very angry. Years ago the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there I will be worshiped forever.

Psalm 81:12

So I let you be stubborn and keep on following your own advice.

Proverbs 1:24

You completely ignored me and refused to listen;

Proverbs 10:24

What evil people dread most will happen to them, but good people will get what they want most.

Isaiah 50:2

I came and called out, but you didn't answer. Have I lost my power to rescue and save? At my command oceans and rivers turn into deserts; fish rot and stink for lack of water.

Isaiah 59:15

Everyone tells lies; those who turn from crime end up ruined. When the LORD noticed that justice had disappeared, he became very displeased.

Isaiah 59:7

You hurry off to do wrong or murder innocent victims. All you think about is sin; you leave ruin and destruction wherever you go.

Isaiah 65:12

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.

Isaiah 65:2

All day long I have reached out to stubborn and sinful people going their own way.

Isaiah 65:3

They keep making me angry by sneering at me, while offering sacrifices to idols in gardens and burning incense to them on bricks.

Isaiah 65:7

I, the LORD, will make them pay for their sins and for those of their ancestors-- they have disgraced me by burning incense on mountains.

Jeremiah 35:17

your God. I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I warned you about the terrible things that would happen to you if you did not listen to me. You have ignored me, so now disaster will strike you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 7:13

While you have been sinning, I have been trying to talk to you, but you refuse to listen.

Jeremiah 7:30

You have disobeyed me by putting your disgusting idols in my temple, and now the temple itself is disgusting to me.

Ezekiel 11:8

and I'll send armies to attack you, just as you fear.

Ezekiel 14:4

Tell the people of Israel that if they sin by worshiping idols and then go to a prophet to find out what I say, I will give them the answer their sins deserve.

Ezekiel 20:25

I gave them laws that bring punishment instead of life,

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and work great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.

1 Samuel 8:19

The people would not listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want to be like other nations. We want a king to rule us and lead us in battle."