Isa 65:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. number —"doom" you. Alluding to the "number," as Meni ( ) means. Retribution in kind, the punishment answering to the sin (compare ). I called, ye . . . not answer —"I called," though "none had called" upon Me ( ); yet even then none "answered" ( ). Contrast with this God and His people's mutual fellowship in prayer ( ).

Isaiah 65:12

12. number—"doom" you. Alluding to the "number," as Meni (Isa 65:11) means. Retribution in kind, the punishment answering to the sin (compare 2Ch 36:14-17).

I called, ye . . . not answer—"I called," though "none had called" upon Me (Isa 64:7); yet even then none "answered" (Pr 1:24). Contrast with this God and His people's mutual fellowship in prayer (Isa 65:24).