Isaiah 6:12 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Isaiah 6:12

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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.

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, {utterly...: Heb. desolate with desolation}

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. {and it...: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused} {substance: or, stock, or, stem}

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Isaiah 6:1

"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. {his...: or, the skirts thereof}"

Isaiah 6:2

"Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly."

Isaiah 6:3

"And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, {is} the LORD of hosts: the whole earth {is} full of his glory. {one...: Heb. this cried to this} {the whole...: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth}"

Isaiah 6:4

"And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. {door: Heb. thresholds}"

Isaiah 6:5

"Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. {undone: Heb. cut off}"

Isaiah 6:6

"Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, {which} he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: {having...: Heb. and in his hand a live coal}"

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