Isaiah 66:4

The English Standar Version

I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight."

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.

2 Kings 21:6

And he burned his son as an offering[1] and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with wizards. 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 follow their own counsels.

Proverbs 1:24

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

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Isaiah 50:2

Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

Isaiah 59:15

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

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways.

Isaiah 65:12

I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in."

Isaiah 65:2

I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;

Isaiah 65:3

a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and making offerings on bricks;

Isaiah 65:7

both your iniquities and your fathers' iniquities together, says the LORD; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills, I will measure into their bosom payment for their former deeds."[2]

Jeremiah 35:17

Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and 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 to them and they have not answered."

Jeremiah 7:13

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:30

"For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

Ezekiel 11:8

You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 14:4

Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols,

Ezekiel 20:25

Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life,

Matthew 24:24

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

1 Samuel 8:19

But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us,