Isaiah 6:11

World English Bible (2000)

Then I said, "Lord, how long?" He answered, "Until cities are waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land becomes utterly waste,

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  • Isa 1:7 : 7 Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
  • Isa 24:1-9 : 1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest. 3 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word. 4 The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish. 5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. 8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. 9 They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. 10 The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. 12 The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
  • Lev 26:31 : 31 I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
  • Ps 79:5 : 5 How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
  • Ps 90:13 : 13 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
  • Ps 94:3 : 3 Yahweh, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

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    11They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.

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    20The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

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    10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.

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    7Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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    3The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

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