Isaiah 66:4

Easy To Read Version

So I decided to use their own tricks!\par \{I mean that\} I will punish them\par using the things they are most afraid of.\par I called to those people,\par but they did not listen.\par I spoke to them,\par but they did not hear me.\par So I will do the same thing to them.\par Those people did things I said are evil.\par They chose to do things I did not like.”\par

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

Manasseh did the things that the Lord said were wrong. Manasseh did the terrible things the other nations did. (And the Lord forced those nations to leave their country when the Israelites came.)

2 Kings 21:6

Manasseh sacrificed his own son and burned him on the altar. [255] Manasseh used different ways of trying to know the future. He visited mediums [256] and wizards. [257]

Psalm 81:12

So I let them do what they wanted to do.\par Israel did anything they wanted to do.\par

Proverbs 1:24

“But you refused to listen to me. I tried to help. I offered my hand—but you refused to accept my help.

Proverbs 10:24

An evil person will be defeated by the things he fears. But a good person will get the things that he wants.

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 59:7

Those people use their feet to run to evil. They hurry to kill people that have done nothing wrong. They think evil thoughts. Rioting and stealing is their way of living.

Isaiah 65:12

\{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.”

Isaiah 65:2

“I stood ready to accept people that turned against me. I was waiting for those people to come to me. But they continued living a way that is not good. They did anything their hearts wanted to do.

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 65:7

“Your sins and your fathers’ sins are all the same.” The Lord said this, “Your fathers did these sins when they burned incense {\cf2\super [469]} in the mountains. They shamed me on those hills. And I punished them first. I gave them the punishment they should have.”

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.

Ezekiel 11:8

You are afraid of the sword. But I am bringing the sword against you!’” The Lord our Master said these things. \{So they will happen!\}

Ezekiel 14:4

But I will give them an answer. \{I will punish them!\} You must tell those people these things. ‘The Lord my Master says: If any Israelite comes to a prophet and asks me for advice, then \{the prophet won’t give that person an answer\}. I myself will answer that person’s question. I will answer him even if he still has his filthy idols, even if he kept the things that made him sin, and even if he still worships those statues. I will speak to him in spite of all his filthy idols.

Ezekiel 20:25

So I gave them laws that were not good. I gave them commands that would not bring life.

Matthew 24:24

False Christs and false prophets {\cf2\super [372]} will come and do great things and miracles. {\cf2\super [373]} They will do these things to the people God has chosen. They will do these things to try to fool his people, if that is possible.

1 Samuel 8:19

But the people would not listen to Samuel. They said, “No! We want a king to rule over us.