Isaiah 6:12

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

In Context

11Then 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

13But yet in it shall be a tenth, 1 and it shall be given up to destruction, 1 like the terebinth and like the oak, 1 when they are felled, leave + 6:13 as a remnant a root-stump: 1 so the root-stump shall be the zera kodesh. + 6:13 T.N. This next chapter is possibly the most important in the Bible and is dealt with in The Translator to the Reader.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:11Now the remainder of the people that were left in the Ir, and the deserters that fell away to Melech Bavel, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nevuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

Isaiah 26:15Thou hast increased the Goy (nation, people), Hashem, 1 Thou hast increased the Goy; Thou hast gained glory; 1 Thou hadst extended all the borders of the Eretz. 1

Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken Mine Bais, 1 I have abandoned Mine nachalah; 1 I have given the yedidut nafshi (the beloved of My soul) 1 into the palm of her enemies. 1

Jeremiah 52:28This is the people whom Nevukhadretzar carried away captive: in the seventh year 3,023 Yehudim:

Romans 11:1I ask, therefore, has Hashem repudiated His people? Not at all! Chas v'shalom! For I too am a ben Yisroel, of the zera Avraham (seed of Avraham Avinu), of the tribe of Binyamin.

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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