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Isaiah 6:8-13
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 6:8-13
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah’s Commission
8 Then I heard the (A)voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then (B)I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on (C)listening, but do not understand;
And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
10 (D)Make the hearts of this people [a](E)insensitive,
Their ears [b]dull,
And their eyes [c]blind,
(F)So that they will not see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, (G)how long?” And He answered,
“Until (H)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
12 The Lord has (I)completely removed people,
And there [d]are many (J)forsaken places in the midst of the land.
13 Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an (K)oak
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
The (L)holy seed is its stump.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit fat
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit heavy
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit sealed over
- Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great
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
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