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Selected Verse: Isaiah 6:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 6:12 |
King James |
And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Kg2 25:21).
forsaking--abandonment of dwellings by their inhabitants (Jer 4:29). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Isa 17:2; Jer 4:29; Zep 2:4. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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. |
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.