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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,

KJV

Et dixi : Usquequo, Domine ? Et dixit : Donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπα Ἕως πότε, Κύριε; καὶ εἶπεν Ἕως ἂν ἐρημωθῶσιν πόλεις παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι, καὶ οἶκοι παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀνθρώπους, καὶ ἡ γῆ καταλειφθήσεται ἔρημος.

LXX

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

ASV

וָ/אֹמַ֕ר עַד מָתַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑/י וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר֩ אִם שָׁא֨וּ עָרִ֜ים מֵ/אֵ֣ין יוֹשֵׁ֗ב וּ/בָתִּים֙ מֵ/אֵ֣ין אָדָ֔ם וְ/הָ/אֲדָמָ֖ה תִּשָּׁאֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
י
y
noun · 440×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מָתַ֖י
mty
particle · 43×
ן
n
verb · 6×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שְׁמָמָ֔ה
shmmh
noun · 56×

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2584In their "one to one" encounters with God, the prophets draw light and strength for their mission. Their prayer is not flight from this unfaithful world, but rather attentiveness to the Word of God. At times their prayer is an argument or a complaint, but it is always an intercession that awaits and prepares for the intervention of the Savior God, the Lord of history.36 The Psa…
He fortifies his opinions with regard to the temporal and earthly kingdom of the saints after their resurrection, by the various testimonies of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel; also by the parable of the servants watching, to whom the Lord promised that He would minister. 1. Then, too, Isaiah himself has plainly declared that there shall be joy of this nature at the resur…
He contends that these testimonies already alleged cannot be understood allegorically of celestial blessings, but that they shall have their fulfilment after the coming of Antichrist, and the resurrection, in the terrestrial Jerusalem. To the former prophecies he subjoins others drawn from Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Apocalypse of John. 1. If, however, any shall endeavour to alle…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210214.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • Dan 8:13 — Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give b
  • Dan 9:2 — In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation
  • Deut 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal
  • Ezek 6:6 — In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your
  • Gen 29:19 — And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
  • Isa 1:7 — Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
  • Isa 1:25 — And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
  • Isa 3:26 — And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
  • Isa 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
  • Isa 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
  • Isa 24:3 — The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
  • Jer 4:7 — The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit
  • Jer 21:6 — And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
  • Jer 22:6 — For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
  • Jer 44:2 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man
  • Jer 44:6 — Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
  • Jer 52:27 — And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
  • Lev 26:31 — And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
  • Mic 2:4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! tu
  • Ps 69:25 — Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 90:13 — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
  • Ps 94:3 — LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  • Zeph 1:2 — I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.