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Isaiah 6:12

Judgment

10 Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

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,

until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.

13 And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

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BSB
until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.
KJV
And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
WEB
and the LORD has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land.
ASV
and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
DARBY
and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.
BLB
and YHWH has removed man far away, and [are] many the forsaken places in the midst of the land.
ÅB
Og Herren skal drive menneskene langt bort, og tomheten blir stor i landet.
OTB
inntil Herren har fjernet folket langt bort, og landet er fullstendig øde.
B1930
Og Herren skal drive menneskene langt bort, og tomheten blir stor i landet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:29

    Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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  • Isaiah 26:15

    You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

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  • Jeremiah 12:7

    I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.

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  • 2 Kings 25:21

    There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

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  • Jeremiah 52:28–30

    These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

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  • Jeremiah 15:4

    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Kings 25:11

    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

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