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Isaiah 6:12

What does Isaiah 6:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 6:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great <FI>is<Fi> the forsaken part in the heart of the land.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the Lord shall remove men far away, and she shall be multiplied that was left in the midst of the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.

Context

v.11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

v.12This passage

v.13And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 11:1

    I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • 2 Kings 25:11

    And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.

  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 4:29

    Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.

  • 2 Kings 25:21

    And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

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