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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 65:12

To the sword — A great number of you shall perish by the sword; or possibly the term number may refer to all in the next phrase, so that none of them should escape. God saith he will number them, tell them out one by one to the sword. Bow down — As you have bowed down to idols. I called — By my prophets, you did not answer by doing the things which I enjoined. Chuse — You sinned deliberately chusing sinful courses, the things which I hated.

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See also Isaiah 65:12 in other biblical comments:

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE WILL I NUMBER YOU TO THE SWORD - There is undoubtedly an allusion here to the idol Meni mentioned in Isaiah 65:11, and a play upon the name, in accordance with a custom quite common in the s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    65:12 assign (e-4) Or 'number,' alluding to _ Meni_ ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם לַ † חֶ֗רֶב וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Chosen. Free-will is clearly expressed, as rewards are, ver. 13. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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