Isaiah 6:11

Then said I: 'Lord, how long?' And He answered: 'Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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 desolate,

In Context

10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.'

12And the LORD have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:33And you will I scatter 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 the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult?

Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground.

Micah 7:13And the land shall be desolate for them that dwell therein, because of 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 →

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