Isaiah 66:4
So I will choose their punishment
What it says
Because they refused God's call and chose what He hates, He gives them over to judgment and terror.
What it is doing
This verse grounds coming punishment in rejected revelation.
In context
1This is what the LORD says: 2Has not My hand made all these things? 3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; 4So I will choose their punishment 5You who tremble at His word, 6Hear the uproar from the city;