Isaiah 6:11

Isaiah 6:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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,
• New International Version (NIV)Then I said, “For how long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered: “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate,

Context of Isaiah 6:11

9The Lord said, ‘Go! Tell my message to those people: “You will continue to listen, but you will never understand! You will continue to look, but you will not see anything!” 10Make them refuse to understand. Cause their ears to be deaf and their eyes to be blind. If you do not do that, they might use their eyes to see. They might use their ears to listen. They might use their minds to understand. Then they might turn back to me so that I would make them well again.’ Then I asked the Lord, ‘For how long will this be, Lord God?’ He replied, ‘It must continue until enemies destroy their cities. Their houses will become a heap of stones and nobody will live in them. Their land will become useless and nothing will remain there. 12I will send all the people far away. The whole land will be empty and useless. 13Even if only one tenth part of the people remain in the land, enemies will continue to destroy it. It will be like they are cutting down a great oak tree. But the base of the tree with its roots will still be there. From the part that remains, a holy branch will grow.’

Isaiah 6:11 word by word

וָאֹמַ֕ר עַד־מָתַ֖י אֲדֹנָ֑י וַיֹּ֡אמֶר עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר֩ אִם־שָׁא֨וּ עָרִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ין יוֹשֵׁ֗ב וּבָתִּים֙ מֵאֵ֣ין אָדָ֔ם וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה תִּשָּׁאֶ֥ה שְׁמָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I, Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Until the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• be wastedשָׁאָהshâ'âh · to crashH7582
• without inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• and the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• without manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• and the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• be utterlyשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077

Cross-references for Isaiah 6:11

• Psalms 74:10God, how long will our enemies laugh at you? Will they insult your name for ever?
• Psalms 90:13Lord, return to help us! How long will you be angry with us? Please be kind to us, your servants!
• Psalms 94:3How long will wicked people continue to be happy? Yes, Lord, how long?
• Isaiah 1:7Your land has become useless. Fire has destroyed your towns and cities. Foreign people have taken the crops from your fields, while you stood there and watched. Strangers have destroyed everything in your country.
• Isaiah 3:26The city's gates will see all this and they will weep! The city will be empty. Zion will be like a poor woman who sits on the ground, completely alone.
• Isaiah 24:1Understand this! The Lord is ready to destroy the earth. It will become a desert. He will spoil the ground. He will chase away all the people who live on it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 6:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Be utterly desolate "Be left" - For תשאה tishaeh, the Septuagint and Vulgate read תשאר tishshaer .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11How long - The prophet did not dare to pray that this effect should not follow. He asked merely therefore “how long” this state of things must continue; how long this message was to be delivered, and how long it should be attended with these painful effects. Until the cities … - They will remain perverse and obstinate until the land is completely destroyed by divine judgments. Still the truth is to be proclaimed, though it is known it will have no effect…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 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 the enlightening of the Holy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11How long … until … the land is desolate and ravaged: During the prophet's ministry (740 to 685 BC), wars, famines, and devastation plagued the nation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. how long--will this wretched condition of the nation being hardened to its destruction continue? until--(Is 5:9)--fulfilled primarily at the Babylonish captivity, and more fully at the dispersion under the Roman Titus.Read the comment

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• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
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Commentaries on Isaiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings