Isaiah 6:12

For the Lord will take the men far away, and she who will have been left behind will be multiplied in the midst of the earth.

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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

11And I said, “For how long, O Lord?” And he said, “Until the cities are desolate, without an inhabitant, and the houses are without a man, and the land will be left behind, deserted.”

13But still, there will be a tithing within her, and she will be converted, and she will be put on display, like a terebinth tree and like an oak which extends its branches. And what will remain standing within her will be a holy offspring.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:11Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.

Isaiah 26:15You have been lenient to the people, O Lord, lenient to the people. But have you been glorified? You have removed all the limits of the earth.

Jeremiah 12:7“I have abandoned my house. I have disowned my inheritance. I have given my beloved soul into the hand of its enemies.

Jeremiah 52:28This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews;

Romans 11:1Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from 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 →

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