Isaiah 6:11

Then cried I, Adonoi, ad mosai (how much longer [will this go on])? 1 And He answered, 1 Until the towns be wasted without inhabitant, 1 and the batim (houses) are without man, 1 and the ground be utterly desolate, a wilderness, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 lev HaAm hazeh stubborn, 1 and make their ears stopped up, 1 their eyes heavy; lest they see with their eyes, 1 and hear with their ears, 1 and understand with their lev. 1 And have a spiritual turnaround conversion, 1 and be healed. 1

12And Hashem have removed men far away, 1 and there be many forsaken places within the land. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the Goyim, and will draw out a cherev after you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities ruin.

Deuteronomy 28:63And it shall come to pass, that as Hashem rejoiced over you to do you good, to multiply you, so Hashem will rejoice over you to make you shmad, to bring you to nothing; and ye shall be plucked from off the adamah whither thou goest to possess it.

Psalms 79:5How long, Hashem? Wilt Thou be angry lanetzach (forever)? 1 Shall Thy kina (jealousy) burn like eish? 1

Psalms 94:3Ad mosai, Hashem, shall the resha'im, 1 how long shall the resha'im triumph? 1

Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; 1 and she being desolate shall sit upon ha'aretz.

Micah 7:13Notwithstanding ha'aretz shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, 1 for the fruit of their doings. 1

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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