Isaiah 6:12
And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 25:11And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners;
Isaiah 26:15You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.
Jeremiah 12:7I have given up my house, I have let my heritage go; I have given the loved one of my soul into the hands of her haters.
Jeremiah 52:28These are the people whom Nebuchadrezzar took away prisoner: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews:
Romans 11:1So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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 →