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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Isaiah 6:12

And the Lord have removed ... - The land shall be given up to desolation. The men - the strength of the nation - shall be taken to a distant land.

And there be a great forsaking - A great desolation; the cities and dwellings shall be abandoned by the inhabitants; compare Isaiah 17:2; Jeremiah 4:29; Zephaniah 2:4.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The hardening of the people in unbelief is to be accompanied by a series of external judgments, culminating in the utter ruin of the nation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ רִחַ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה אֶת ־הָ אָדָ֑ם וְ

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 6:12 LORD H3068 removed H7368 men H120 away H7368 (H8765) forsaken H5805 many H7227 midst H7130 land...

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Removed — Hath caused this people to be carried away captive into far countries. A forsaking — 'Till houses and lands be generally forsaken of their owners....

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