Isaiah 6:11
Then I said, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12and LORD has removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Deuteronomy 28:63And it shall come to pass, that, as LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you. And ye shall be plucked from off the land where thou go in to
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
Micah 7:13Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:10-13
Judicial Blindness Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly… Read the whole commentary →