Isaías 65:12

12 los destinaré a la espada;¡todos ustedes se inclinarán para el degüello!Porque llamé y no me respondieron,hablé y no me escucharon.Más bien, hicieron lo malo ante mis ojosy optaron por lo que no me agrada».

Isaías 65:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 65:12

Therefore will I number you to the sword
There is an elegancy in the expression, alluding to Meni, that number, they furnished a drink offering for, or trusted in; and since they did, God would number them, or appoint a number of them to the sword; or suffer them to be slain in great numbers, even from one end of their land to another, ( Jeremiah 12:12 ) , they should be numbered and told out, or care taken that none of them should escape the sword of the Romans, or not be taken by them: and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter;
be obliged to submit to the conqueror, and lay down their necks to be sacrificed by him: because, when I called, ye did not answer; when I spoke, ye did not
hear;
when Christ called unto them personally, to come and hear him, they turned a deaf ear to this charmer, charming so wisely, and would not attend upon his ministry, ( Proverbs 1:24 ) ( Matthew 23:37 ) , and when he called to them in the ministry of his apostles, they rejected him and his word with contempt; they put it away from them, contradicting and blaspheming it, ( Acts 13:45 Acts 13:46 ) . The Targum is,

``because I sent my prophets, and ye turned not; they prophesied, and ye did not receive them:''

but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted
not;
adhered to the traditions of the elders, and taught for doctrines the commandments of men; and which they chose and preferred to the word of God, and the Gospel of Christ; and these were things the Lord delighted not in, yea, abhorred; and their embracing and cleaving to them were evil in his sight; see ( Matthew 15:3-9 ) .

Isaías 65:12 In-Context

10 Para mi pueblo que me busca,Sarón será redil de ovejas;el valle de Acor, corral de vacas.

11 »Pero a ustedes que abandonan al SEÑORy se olvidan de mi monte santo,que para los dioses de la Fortuna y del Destinopreparan mesas y sirven vino mezclado,

12 los destinaré a la espada;¡todos ustedes se inclinarán para el degüello!Porque llamé y no me respondieron,hablé y no me escucharon.Más bien, hicieron lo malo ante mis ojosy optaron por lo que no me agrada».

13 Por eso, así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente:«Mis siervos comerán,pero ustedes pasarán hambre;mis siervos beberán,pero ustedes sufrirán de sed;mis siervos se alegrarán,pero ustedes serán avergonzados.

14 Mis siervos cantaráncon alegría de corazón,pero ustedes clamaráncon corazón angustiado;¡gemirán con espíritu quebrantado!