Isaiah 46:12

New English Translation

Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.

Cross References

Psalm 119:150

Those who are eager to do wrong draw near; they are far from your law.

Psalm 119:155

The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes.

Psalm 49:1

Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!

Psalm 76:5

The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.

Isaiah 28:14

Therefore, listen to the Lord’s word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

Isaiah 28:23

Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!

Isaiah 45:20

Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

Isaiah 46:3

“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.

Isaiah 48:1

Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel – but not in an honest and just manner.

Isaiah 48:4

I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.

Isaiah 5:7

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

Isaiah 59:15

Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Isaiah 9:9

All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

Amos 5:7

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

Acts 7:51

“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”