Isaiah 65:12

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\{But I decide your future.\} And I decided that you will be killed with a sword. You will all be killed. Why? Because I called to you, and you refused to answer me! I spoke to you, and you would not listen. You did the things that I say are evil. You decided to do the things that I don’t like.”

Cross References

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves. Make yourselves clean. Stop doing the bad things you do. I don’t want to see those bad things. Stop doing wrong!

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse to listen, you are against me. And your enemies will destroy you.”

Isaiah 10:4

You will have to bow down like a prisoner. You will fall down like a dead person. But that will not help you! God will still be angry. God will still be ready to punish you.

Isaiah 27:1

At that time, the Lord will judge\par Leviathan, {\cf2\super [246]} the crooked snake.\par The Lord will use his great sword,\par his hard and powerful sword, to punish\par Leviathan, the coiled snake.\par The Lord will kill\par the large creature in the sea. {\cf2\super [247]} \par

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry at all the nations and their armies. The Lord will destroy them all. He will cause them all to be killed.

Isaiah 34:5

The Lord says, “This will happen when my sword in the sky is covered with blood.”

Isaiah 34:6

Why? Because the Lord decided there should be a time for killing in Bozrah {\cf2\super [317]} and in Edom.

Isaiah 41:28

I looked at those false gods.\par None of them were wise enough\par to say anything.\par I asked them questions,\par and they did not say a word!\par

Isaiah 50:2

I came home and found no one there.\par I called and called,\par but no one answered.\par Do you think I am not able to save you?\par I have the power to save you\par from all of your troubles.\par Look, if I command the sea to dry up,\par then it will become dry!\par The fish will die without water,\par and their bodies will rot.\par

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is gone.\par And people that try to do good are robbed.\par

Isaiah 63:6

While I was angry, I walked on people.\par I punished them while I was mad.\par I poured their blood {\cf2\super [461]} on the ground.”\par

Isaiah 65:3

Those people are in front of me always making me angry. Those people offer sacrifices {\cf2\super [466]} and burn incense {\cf2\super [467]} in their special gardens. {\cf2\super [468]}

Isaiah 66:16

The Lord will judge the people. Then the Lord will destroy the people with fire and with his sword. The Lord will destroy many people.

Jeremiah 16:17

I see everything they do. The people of Judah can’t hide from me the things they do. Their sin is not hidden from me.

Jeremiah 18:21

So make their children starve in a famine. {\cf2\super [154]} \par Let their enemies defeat them with swords.\par Let their wives be without children.\par Let the men from Judah be put to death.\par Make their wives into widows.\par Let the men from Judah be put to death.\par Let the young men be killed in battle.\par

Jeremiah 34:17

“So this is what the Lord says: ‘You people have not obeyed me. You have not given freedom to your fellow Hebrews. Because you have not kept the agreement, I will give “freedom.”’ This is the message of the Lord. ‘(I will give)\} “freedom” to be killed by swords, by terrible sicknesses, and by hunger! I will make you become something that terrifies all the kingdoms of the earth, when they hear about you.

Jeremiah 35:17

So the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “I said many bad things would happen to Judah and Jerusalem. I will soon make all those bad things happen. I spoke to those people, but they refused to listen. I called out to them, but they didn’t answer me.”

Jeremiah 7:13

You people of Israel were doing all these evil things”—This message is from the Lord!—“I spoke to you again and again, but you refused to listen to me. I called to you, but you did not answer.

Jeremiah 7:27

“Jeremiah, you will tell these things to the people of Judah. But they won’t listen to you! You call to them, but they won’t answer you.

Leviticus 26:25

You will have broken my Agreement, so I will punish you. I will bring armies against you. You will go into your cities for safety. But I will cause diseases to spread among you. And your enemies will defeat you.

Micah 5:15

Some people will not listen to me.\par But I will show my anger.\par And I will get even with those people.”\par

Zechariah 7:7

God used the earlier prophets to say these same things long ago. He said these things while Jerusalem was still a prosperous city filled with people. God said these things while there were still people living in the towns around Jerusalem, and in the Negev, and in the western foothills.”

Matthew 22:3

The king invited some people to the feast. When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell those people to come. But the people refused to come to the king’s feast.

Matthew 22:7

The king was very angry. The king sent his army to kill those people that killed his servants. And the army burned their city.

John 1:11

He came to the world that was his own. But his own people did not accept him.

Deuteronomy 32:25

In the streets, soldiers will kill them. In their houses, terrible things will happen. Soldiers will kill young men and women. They will kill babies and old people.