Isaiah 6:11
Then I asked, “How long will this last, Lord?” He replied, “Until towns are ruined and empty, houses are abandoned, and the land is devastated and destroyed;
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12until the Lord sends the people far away and the country is totally deserted.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33I'm going to scatter you among the nations. You will be chased out by armies with swords as your land is ruined and your towns are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:63In the same way as he wanted to make you prosperous and increase in number, so now he will wipe you out and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the country you are going in to own.
Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?
Psalms 94:3How long, Lord? How long will the wicked celebrate in triumph?
Isaiah 3:26The gates of Zion will cry and mourn. The city will be like a banished woman sitting on the ground.
Micah 7:13But the rest of the earth will become desolate because of what those who live there have done.
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 →