Isaiah 6 · Verse 12

Isaiah 6:12

And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Isaiah 6:12, King James Version

Isaiah 6:12 in other translations

BSBuntil the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.
WEBand the LORD has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land.
ASVand Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.
YLTAnd Jehovah hath put man far off, And great is the forsaken part in the heart of the land.
DARBYand Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.
BBEAnd the Lord has taken men far away, and there are wide waste places in the land.
WebsterAnd the LORD shall have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

What does Isaiah 6:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. (2Ki 25:21). forsaking--abandonment of dwellings by their inhabitants (Jr 4:29).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 6:9-13

God sends Isaiah to foretell the ruin of his people. Many hear the sound of God's word, but do not feel the power of it. God sometimes, in righteous judgment, gives men up to blindness of mind, because they will not receive the truth in the love of it. But no humble inquirer after Christ, need to fear this awful doom, which is a spiritual judgment on those who will still hold fast their sins. Let every one pray for…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 6:9-13 →

Isaiah 6:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְרִחַ֥קve.ri.Chakand he will send far awayH7368
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָדָ֑םha.'a.Dam<the> humankindH120
וְרַבָּ֥הve.ra.Bahand it will become greatH7231
הָעֲזוּבָ֖הha.'a.zu.Vahthe abandoned [land]H5805
בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 6:12

  • Jeremiah 4:29

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

  • Isaiah 26:15

    Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 12:7

    I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

  • 2 Kings 25:21

    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.

  • Jeremiah 52:28-30

    This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kings 25:11

    Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.

  • Lamentations 5:20

    Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

  • Romans 11:1-2

    I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

  • Romans 11:15

    For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
26:15; 2Ki 25:11,21; Jer 15:4; 52:28-30
a great.
Jer 4:29; 12:7; La 5:20; Ro 11:1,2,15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 6:11

    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 6:12

    And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

  • Isaiah 6:13

    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.

Read all of Isaiah 6

Isaiah 6:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hasta que Jehová hubiere echado lejos los hombres, y multiplicare en medio de la tierra la desamparada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et que l’ Éternel en ait éloigné les hommes, et que la solitude soit grande au milieu du pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Jehova die Menschen weit entfernt hat, und der verlassenen Orte viele sind inmitten des Landes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et longe faciet Dominus homines, et multiplicabitur quæ derelicta fuerat in medio terræ.