Isaiah 6:13

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 desolate,

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

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
WEB
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak whose stump remains when they are cut down, so the holy seed is its stump.”
ASV
And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
DARBY
But a tenth part shall still be therein, and it shall return and be eaten; as the terebinth and as the oak whose trunk [remaineth] after the felling: the holy seed shall be the trunk thereof.
BLB
And still [are] in it a tenth, and will it return and be for burning, like the terebinth and oak that in falling [is] a stump in them. The seed of holiness [is] its stump.”
ÅB
Og er det enda en tiendedel igjen i det, så skal også den bli fortæret. Men slik som det blir en stubb igjen av terebinten og eken når de felles, så skal en hellig sæd være den stubb som blir igjen av folket.
OTB
Og selv om en tiendedel blir igjen i det, skal det igjen bli utsatt for brenning, som en terebinth eller en eik hvis stubb står igjen når den er felt. Den hellige sæd er dens stubb."
B1930
Og er det ennu en tiendedel igjen i det, så skal også den bli fortæret. Men likesom det blir en stubb igjen av terebinten og eken når de felles, så skal en hellig sæd være den stubb som blir igjen av folket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 14:7–9

    For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

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  • Romans 11:5–6

    Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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  • Genesis 22:18

    And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

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  • Romans 11:16–29

    For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

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  • Isaiah 65:8–9

    Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

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  • Galatians 3:28–29

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • Isaiah 1:9

    Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

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  • Galatians 3:16–19

    Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

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