Verse 12

Therefore I will number you for the sword, and you shall all 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 do not delight.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere skal bli dømt til sverdet, og dere skal bøye kne for slakt; fordi jeg kalte, men dere svarte ikke; jeg talte, men dere hørte ikke; dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke hadde behag i.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor vil jeg telle dere til sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for å bli slaktet, fordi når jeg ropte, svarte dere ikke; når jeg talte, hørte dere ikke, men gjorde det onde foran mine øyne og valgte det jeg ikke hadde glede i.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor vil jeg telle dere til sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for slakthuset;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  dere vil jeg telle til sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for å bli slaktet, fordi jeg kalte, men dere svarte ikke. Jeg talte, men dere hørte ikke. Dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke hadde lyst til.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  jeg vil overgi dere til sverdet, og alle skal bøye seg for slakt, fordi jeg kalte, og dere svarte ikke, jeg talte, men dere hørte ikke, men gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne og valgte det jeg ikke ville.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor skal jeg telle dere for sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for slaktingen. Fordi jeg ropte, men dere svarte ikke; jeg talte, men dere hørte ikke; men dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke hadde behag i.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor skal jeg la sverdet komme til dere, og dere skal alle bøye dere for slaktespaden; for da jeg kalte, svarte dere ikke, da jeg talte, hørte dere ikke, men dere gjorde ondt for mine øyne og valgte det jeg ikke fryder meg over.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Derfor skal jeg telle dere for sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for slaktingen. Fordi jeg ropte, men dere svarte ikke; jeg talte, men dere hørte ikke; men dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke hadde behag i.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg vil bestemme dere til sverdet, og dere alle skal bøyes til slakt, fordi da jeg kalte, svarte dere ikke; da jeg talte, lyttet dere ikke, men dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne og valgte det jeg ikke hadde behag i.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.65.12", "source": "וּמָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם לַחֶ֗רֶב וְכֻלְּכֶם֙ לַטֶּ֣בַח תִּכְרָ֔עוּ יַ֤עַן קָרָ֙אתִי֙ וְלֹ֣א עֲנִיתֶ֔ם דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־חָפַ֖צְתִּי בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃", "text": "and-*maniti* *ʾetkhem* to-the-*herev* and-all-of-you to-the-*tevah* *tikhraʿu* because *qaraʾti* and-not *ʿanitem* *dibbarti* and-not *shemaʿtem* and-*taʿasu* the-*raʿ* in-*ʿeynay* and-in-which not-*hafatsti* *behartem*", "grammar": { "*maniti*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have destined/numbered", "*ʾetkhem*": "direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you", "*herev*": "feminine singular noun - sword", "*tevah*": "masculine singular noun - slaughter", "*tikhraʿu*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will bow down", "*qaraʾti*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I called", "*ʿanitem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you answered", "*dibbarti*": "Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I spoke", "*shemaʿtem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you heard/listened", "*taʿasu*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you did", "*raʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil", "*ʿeynay*": "dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes", "*hafatsti*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I delighted", "*behartem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you chose" }, "variants": { "*maniti*": "I have destined/I have appointed/I have numbered", "*herev*": "sword/knife/destruction", "*tevah*": "slaughter/butchering/massacre", "*tikhraʿu*": "you will bow down/you will kneel/you will collapse", "*qaraʾti*": "I called/I invited/I summoned", "*ʿanitem*": "you answered/you responded/you replied", "*dibbarti*": "I spoke/I talked/I declared", "*shemaʿtem*": "you heard/you listened/you obeyed", "*taʿasu*": "you did/you made/you performed", "*raʿ*": "evil/wicked/bad", "*ʿeynay*": "my eyes/my sight/in my opinion", "*hafatsti*": "I delighted in/I desired/I took pleasure in", "*behartem*": "you chose/you selected/you preferred" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg vil la dere sverge ved sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for slakt, fordi jeg ropte og dere ikke svarte, jeg talte og dere ikke hørte, men gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne og valgte det som jeg ikke hadde glede i.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  eder vil jeg tælle til Sværdet, og I skulle alle bøie eder til at slagtes, fordi at jeg kaldte, og I svarede ikke, jeg talede, og I hørte ikke, men I gjorde det, som var ondt for mine Øine, og udvalgte det, som jeg ikke havde Lyst til.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor vil jeg telle dere til sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere ned til slakting: fordi da jeg kalte, svarte dere ikke; da jeg talte, hørte dere ikke; men dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne og valgte det jeg ikke hadde lyst til.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  jeg vil sette dere til sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere til slakt; fordi når jeg kalte, svarte dere ikke; når jeg talte, lyttet dere ikke; men dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke hadde behag i.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg har nummerert dere for sverdet, og alle dere skal bøye dere for slakt, fordi jeg kalte, men dere svarte ikke, jeg talte, men dere hørte ikke; men dere gjorde det som er ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke behagde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  jeg vil skjebne dere til sverdet, og dere skal alle bøye dere for slaktingen, fordi når jeg kalte, svarte dere ikke; når jeg talte, hørte dere ikke, men dere gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og valgte det jeg ikke gledet meg over.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Deres skjebne vil bli sverdet, og dere vil alle falle for døden: fordi da min røst kom til dere, svarte dere ikke, dere lyttet ikke til mitt ord; men gjorde det som var ondt i mine øyne, og ønsket det som ikke gledet meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde, that ye shall be destroyed all together. For when I called, no man gaue me answere: when I spake, ye herkened not vnto me, but dyd wickednes before myne eyes, and chosed the thinge that pleased me not.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore wil I number you to the sword, and all you shal bowe downe to the slaughter, because I called, and ye did not answere: I spake, and ye heard not, but did euil in my sight, and did chuse that thing which I would not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore wyll I number you to the sworde, that ye shalbe destroyed altogether: for that when I called, no man gaue me aunswere, when I spake, ye hearkened not vnto me, but dyd wickednesse before mine eyes, and chose the thinges that pleased me not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose [that] wherein I delighted not.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 7:13 : 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 listen; and I called you, but you did not answer;
• 2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending them, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
• Isa 50:2 : 2 Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, 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.
• Matt 21:34-43 : 34 And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 But last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. 38 But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers? 41 They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will lease his vineyard to other vine dressers who will render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? 43 Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.
• Matt 22:3 : 3 And sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.
• Matt 22:7 : 7 But when the king heard about it, he was angry: and he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
• John 1:11 : 11 He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.
• Isa 65:3 : 3 A people who provoke me to anger continually to my face, who sacrifice in gardens and burn incense on altars of brick;
• Isa 66:3-4 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations. 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.
• Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• Deut 32:25 : 25 The sword outside, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the nursing child also with the man of gray hairs.
• Prov 1:24-33 : 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention; 25 But you have disregarded all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke; 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes; 27 When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke. 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them. 33 But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.
• Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isa 3:25 : 25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in battle.
• Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Isa 41:28 : 28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
• Jer 16:17 : 17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity hidden from my eyes.
• Jer 18:21 : 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
• Jer 34:17 : 17 Therefore thus says the LORD: You have not listened to me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Ezek 14:17-21 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, pass through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall only deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus says the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
• Zeph 1:4-6 : 4 I will also stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests; 5 And those that worship the host of heaven on the rooftops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and also swear by Milcom; 6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.
• Zech 7:7 : 7 Should you not hear the words which the LORD has proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities around her, when men inhabited the South and the plain?
• Zech 7:11-13 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former prophets: therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts: