Isaiah 6:11
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
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In Context
12until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
Deuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Isaiah 3:26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
Micah 7:13Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
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 →