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Isaiah 6:11 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 6 · verse 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,Isaiah 6:11 · King James Version
Isaiah 6:11 in context
9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10Make 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.
11Then 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,
12And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitantyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- utterlyshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- wastedshâʼâhto rushH7582 →
- housesbayitha houseH1004 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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God takes Isaiah at his word, and here sends him on a strange errand - to foretel the ruin of his people and even to ripen them for that ruin - to preach that which, by their abuse of it, would be to them a savour of death unto death.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13