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Isaiah 6:12

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 6:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
Isaiah 6:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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 sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
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,
12and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
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.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the Lord have removed men far away, &c.] 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…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“(Kg2 25:21). forsaking--abandonment of dwellings by their inhabitants (Jer 4:29).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Removed - Hath caused this people to be carried away captive into far countries. A forsaking - 'Till houses and lands be generally forsaken of their owners. Isaiah 6:13”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the Lord: Isa 26:15; Kg2 25:11, Kg2 25:21; Jer 15:4, Jer 52:28-30 a great: Jer 4:29, Jer 12:7; Lam 5:20; Rom 11:1, Rom 11:2, Rom 11:15 Isaiah 6:13”
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