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Isaiah 6:8-13
English Standard Version
Isaiah 6:8-13
English Standard Version
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (A)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
(B)“‘Keep on hearing,[a] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,[b] but do not perceive.’
10 (C)Make the heart of this people (D)dull,[c]
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
(E)lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, (F)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (G)cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the Lord removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 (H)And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned[d] again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump (I)remains
when it is felled.”
(J)The holy seed[e] is its stump.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
- Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat
- Isaiah 6:13 Or purged
- Isaiah 6:13 Or offspring
Isaiah 6:8-13
New International Version
Isaiah 6:8-13
New International Version
8 Then I heard the voice(A) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(B) And who will go for us?(C)”
And I said, “Here am I.(D) Send me!”
9 He said, “Go(E) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(F)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(G)
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[a](H)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,(I)
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(J)
11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(K)
And he answered:
“Until the cities lie ruined(L)
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(M)
and the fields ruined and ravaged,(N)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(O)
and the land is utterly forsaken.(P)
13 And though a tenth remains(Q) in the land,
it will again be laid waste.(R)
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps(S) when they are cut down,
so the holy(T) seed will be the stump in the land.”(U)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes
Isaiah 6:8-13
King James Version
Isaiah 6:8-13
King James Version
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
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,
12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
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.
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