Isaiah 6:12

and until Yahweh has sent the people far away, and the solitude of the land is great. 1

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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 I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, 1 “Until cities crash into ruins and are without inhabitants, 1 and the houses are without people, and the land falls into a desolate waste, 1

13Even if a tenth of the people remain in it, it will again be destroyed; 1 as a terebinth or an oak is cut down and whose trunk remains, 1 the holy seed is in its stump.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:11As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the remainder of the population—Nebuzaradan, the commander of the bodyguard, took them away into exile.

Isaiah 26:15You have increased the nation, Yahweh, you have increased the nation; you are honored; 1 you have extended all the borders of the land. 1

Jeremiah 12:7I have abandoned my house; I have forsaken my inheritance. 1 I have given my beloved into the hands of her enemies. 1

Jeremiah 52:28These were the people who Nebuchadnezzar exiled: In the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans.

Romans 11:1I say then, did God reject his people? May it never be. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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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