Isaiah 66:4

Modern English Version

I also will choose their punishments and will bring their fears on them, because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did evil before My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his son pass through the fire, was conjuring and seeking omens, and dealt with mediums and soothsayers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to walk in their own counsels.

Proverbs 1:24

Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,

Proverbs 10:24

The fear of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Isaiah 50:2

Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there no one to answer? Is My hand so short 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 stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 65:12

I will destine you for the sword, and you all shall bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear but did evil before My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.

Isaiah 65:2

I have spread out My hands all day to a rebellious people who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

Isaiah 65:3

a people who provoke Me continually to My face, presenting sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;

Isaiah 65:7

your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the Lord; because they have burned incense on the mountains and blasphemed Me on the hills, therefore, I will measure their former work into their bosom.

Jeremiah 35:17

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them and they have not listened, I have called them and they have not answered.

Jeremiah 7:13

And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:30

For the Judahites have done evil in My sight, says the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.

Ezekiel 11:8

You have feared the sword, so I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 14:4

Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes according to the multitude of his idols,

Ezekiel 20:25

Therefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgments by which they could not live.

Matthew 24:24

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

1 Samuel 8:19

But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But surely a king will be over us!