Isaiah 6:11

And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until that cities be left waste without an inhabitant, and houses without man, and the soil be made desolate as a wilderness,

Leeser Tanakh

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

10Obdurate will remain the heart of this people, and their ears will be heavy, and their eyes will be shut: so that they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor their hearts be understanding, so that they be converted, and healing be granted them.

12And the Lord will have removed far away the men, and the depopulation be great 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 after you the sword; and your land shall be a desolate wild, 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 will the Lord rejoice over you to bring you to nought, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? wilt thou be indignant for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Psalms 94:3How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult?

Isaiah 3:26And then shall her gates lament and mourn; and stript of all shall she sit upon the ground.

Micah 7:13While the land [of the nations] shall be made desolate because of its inhabitants, 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 →

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