Isaiah 6:13
But 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.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12And Hashem have removed men far away, 1 and there be many forsaken places within the land. 1
Cross References
Genesis 22:18And in thy zera shall kol goyei ha'aretz be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice.
Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their banot for themselves, and for their banim, so that the zera hakodesh have mingled themselves with the Am HaAretz; yea, the yad of the sarim (princes) and officials hath been chief in this trespass.
Job 14:7For there is tikveh of an etz, 1 if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, 1 and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 1
Isaiah 4:3And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Tziyon, and he that remaineth in Yerushalayim, shall be called kadosh, even every one that is hakatuv lachayyim + 4:3 see Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1; Mal 3:16 (recorded for life…Rosh Hashana theme) in Yerushalayim:
Isaiah 10:22For though thy people Yisroel be like the chol hayam, only a remnant of them shall return; destruction is decreed, overwhelming tzedakah.
Ezekiel 6:8Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the cherev among the Goyim, when ye shall be scattered among the countries.
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 →