11 Then I said, “Lord, (A)how long?” And He answered,

“Until (B)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
12 The Lord has (C)completely removed people,
And there [a]are many (D)forsaken places in the midst of the land.

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  1. Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great

11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(A)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(D)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(E)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.(F)

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10 For the fortified city is (A)isolated,
A [a]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
(B)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [b]feed on its branches.

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  1. Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
  2. Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume

10 The fortified city stands desolate,(A)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(B) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(C)
    there they lie down;(D)
    they strip its branches bare.

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13 (A)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (B)jubilant city.
14 For (C)the palace has been neglected, the [a]populated (D)city abandoned.
[b]Hill and watch-tower have become (E)caves forever,
A delight for (F)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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  1. Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
  2. Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel

13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)
14 The fortress(D) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(E)
citadel and watchtower(F) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(G) a pasture for flocks,(H)

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19 The (A)cities of the Negev have been locked up,
And there is no one to open them;
All (B)Judah has been taken into exile,
Wholly taken into exile.

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19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(A) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

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For this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to make you a (A)horror to yourself and to all your friends; and while (B)your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will (C)hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will take them away as (D)exiles to Babylon and will kill them with the sword.

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For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes(A) you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give(B) all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry(C) them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

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behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will [a]completely destroy them and (C)make them an object of horror and [b]hissing, and an everlasting place of ruins. 10 Moreover, I will (D)eliminate from them the voice of jubilation and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the (E)sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 (F)This entire land will be a place of ruins and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for (G)seventy years.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban
  2. Jeremiah 25:9 Or whistling

I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G) 10 I will banish from them the sounds(H) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,(I) the sound of millstones(J) and the light of the lamp.(K) 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(L) and these nations will serve(M) the king of Babylon seventy years.(N)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

And as for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the (A)deserters who had deserted to him and (B)the rest of the people who remained, (C)Nebuzaradan the (D)captain of the bodyguard took them into exile in Babylon.

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Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him,(A) and the rest of the people.(B)

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28 And I will (A)make the land a desolation and a waste, and the (B)pride of her power will be brought to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be deserted so that no one will pass through.

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28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains(A) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.(B)

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10 (A)Writhe and scream,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will (B)go out of the city,
Live in the field,
And go to Babylon.
(C)There you will be rescued,
(D)There the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.

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10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
    to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(A)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(B) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.

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