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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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New Revised Standard

Isaiah 6:12

until the Lord sends everyone far away, and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Vision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Ezra, Theology of;   God;   Mission;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Knowledge of God (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Isaiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah;   Vision;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Holiness;   Isaiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Siloah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature;   Cherubim (1);   Chronicles, Books of;   Glory;   Intercession;   Isaiah;   Prophecy;   Teach;   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Wilderness;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and the Lord drives the people far away,leaving great emptiness in the land.
Hebrew Names Version
and the LORD has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
King James Version
And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
English Standard Version
and the Lord removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD has completely removed people, And there are many forsaken places in the midst of the land.
New Century Version
The Lord will send the people far away, and the land will be left empty.
Amplified Bible
The LORD has removed [His] people far away, And there are many deserted places in the midst of the land.
World English Bible
and Yahweh has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord haue remoued men farre away, and there be a great desolation in the mids of the land.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh has removed men far away,And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
Berean Standard Bible
until the LORD has driven men far away, and the land is utterly forsaken.
Contemporary English Version
and I have sent them far away, leaving their land in ruins.
Complete Jewish Bible
until Adonai drives the people far away, and the land is one vast desolation.
Darby Translation
and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord will make the people go far away, and there will be large areas of empty land in the country.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD shall have cast off men far away and there shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Good News Translation
I will send the people far away and make the whole land desolate.
Lexham English Bible
and Yahweh sends the people far away, and the abandonment is great in the midst of the land.
Literal Translation
and until Jehovah has sent mankind far away, and the desolation in the midst of the land is great.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the LORDE shal take the men farre awaye, so that the londe shall lye waist
American Standard Version
and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord haue remoued men farre away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lorde shall put the men farre away, and [there shalbe] great waste in the middest of the lande.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left upon the land shall be multiplied.
English Revised Version
and the LORD have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the Lord schal make men fer. And that that was forsakun in the myddil of erthe, schal be multiplied, and yit tithing schal be ther ynne;
Update Bible Version
and Yahweh has removed man far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD shall have removed men far away, and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
New English Translation
and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.
New King James Version
The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
New Living Translation
until the Lord has sent everyone away, and the entire land of Israel lies deserted.
New Life Bible
Until the Lord has taken men far away, and there are many places with no people in the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh have far removed men, - And great! be the abandonment in the midst of the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord shall remove men far away, and she shall be multiplied that was left in the midst of the earth.
Revised Standard Version
and the LORD removes men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great [is] the forsaken part in the heart of the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

Contextual Overview

9 And he said, "Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.' 10 Make the mind of this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and comprehend with their minds, and turn and be healed." 11 Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is utterly desolate; 12 until the Lord sends everyone far away, and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land. 13 Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains standing when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Isaiah 26:15, 2 Kings 25:11, 2 Kings 25:21, Jeremiah 15:4, Jeremiah 52:28-30

a great: Jeremiah 4:29, Jeremiah 12:7, Lamentations 5:20, Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2, Romans 11:15

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:2 - according Isaiah 5:6 - I will lay Isaiah 24:1 - maketh the Isaiah 27:10 - the defenced Jeremiah 4:27 - The Jeremiah 52:27 - Thus Daniel 9:2 - the desolations

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord .
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
Genesis 6:15
This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:16
Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord have removed men far away,.... Not to Babylon, but to the ends of the earth, into the most distant countries, by means of the Romans; for they were but instruments of carrying the Jews captive out of their own land, and dispersing them among the several nations of the world; it was the Lord's doing, and a judgment which he inflicted upon them for their sins:

and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst of the land; not that there should be many left in the land, and multiply and increase in it; which is the sense of the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; but that the land should be greatly forsaken of men; there should be many places in the midst of the land destitute of them; and this should continue a long time, as Kimchi observes, which therefore cannot be understood of the Babylonish captivity, but of their present one.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Lord have removed ... - The land shall be given up to desolation. The men - the strength of the nation - shall be taken to a distant land.

And there be a great forsaking - A great desolation; the cities and dwellings shall be abandoned by the inhabitants; compare Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah 4:29; Zephaniah 2:4.


 
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