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Isaiah 6:12

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until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 12

Hitherto, it should seem, Isaiah had prophesied as a candidate, having only a virtual and tacit commission; but here we have him (if I may so speak) solemnly ordained and set apart to the prophetic office by a more express or explicit commission, as his work grew more upon his hands: or perhaps, having seen little success of his ministry, he began to think of giving it up; and therefore God saw fit to renew his commission here in this chapter, in such a manner as might excite and encourage his zeal and industry in the execution of it, though he seemed to labour in vain. In this chapter we have, I. A very awful vision which Isaiah saw of the glory of God (Isa 6:1-4), the terror it put him into (Isa 6:5), and the relief given him against that terror by an assurance of the pardon of his sins (Isa 6:6, Isa 6:7). II. A very awful commission which Isaiah received to go as a prophet, in God's name (v. 8), by his preaching to harden the impenitent in sin and ripen them for ruin (v. 9-12) yet with a reservation of mercy for a remnant, (v. 13). And it was as to an evangelical prophet that these things were shown him and said to him.

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Strong's Concordancev. 12

יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God רָחַק (râchaq, H7368) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove… אָדָם (ʼâdâm, H120) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) רַב (rab, H7227) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) עֲזוּבָה (ʻăzûwbâh, H5805) — desertion (of inhabitants) קֶרֶב (qereb, H7130) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial… אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Jeremiah 4:29rank 5

Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

Deuteronomy 28:64rank 3

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

II Kings 25:21rank 2

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

Jeremiah 15:4rank 2

I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

II Kings 25:11rank 2

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

Jeremiah 12:7rank 2

I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.

Lamentations 5:20rank 2

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Isaiah 26:15rank 2

You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.

Romans 11:15rank 1

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

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