Isaiah 66:4

The Scriptures 1998

“I shall also choose their punishments, and bring their fears on them. Because I called, but no one answered. I spoke and they did not hear, and they did evil before My eyes, and chose what was displeasing to Me.”

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

And he did evil in the eyes of יהוה, according to the abominations of the gentiles whom יהוה  dispossessed before the children of Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son pass through the fire, and practised magic, and used divination, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the eyes of יהוה, to provoke Him.

Psalm 81:12

“So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.

Proverbs 1:24

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

Proverbs 10:24

What the wrong one fears comes upon him, But the desire of the righteous is granted.

Isaiah 50:2

“When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? See, by My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink for there is not water, and die of thirst.

Isaiah 59:15

And the truth is lacking, and whoever turns away from evil makes himself a prey. And יהוה  saw, and it displeased Him that there was no right-ruling.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness, wasting and ruin are in their highways.

Isaiah 65:12

“And I shall allot you to the sword, and let you all bow down to the slaughter, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear, and you did evil before My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Isaiah 65:2

“I have held out My hands all day long to a stubborn people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Isaiah 65:3

the people who provoke Me continually to My face, who slaughter in gardens, and burn incense on altars of brick;

Isaiah 65:7

your crookednesses and the crookednesses of your fathers together,” said יהוה, “who burned incense on the mountains and reproached Me on the hills. And I shall measure their former work into their bosom.”

Jeremiah 35:17

“Therefore thus said יהוה  Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 7:13

“And now, because you have done all these works,” declares יהוה, “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 children of Yehuḏ

Ezekiel 11:8

“You have feared the sword, and I bring a sword upon you,” declares the Master יהוה.

Ezekiel 14:4

“Therefore speak to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Everyone of the house of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 20:25

“And I also gave them up to laws that were not good, and right-rulings by which they would not live.

Matthew 24:24

“For false messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and they shall show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

1 Samuel 8:19

However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Shemu’ĕ