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Isaiah 6:11

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Then I asked, “Lord, how long should I do this?” He answered, “Until the cities are destroyed and the people are gone, until there are no people left in the houses, until the land is destroyed and left empty.

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God, how much longer will the enemy make fun of you? Will they insult you forever?

Lord, how long will this last? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like a fire?

Lord, how long before you return and show kindness to your servants?

How long will the wicked be happy? How long, Lord?

Your land is ruined; your cities have been burned with fire. While you watch, your enemies are stealing everything from your land; it is ruined like a country destroyed by enemies.

People will be harder to find than pure gold; there will be fewer people than there is fine gold in Ophir.

There will be crying and sadness near the city gates. Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground.

This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen. The things they say and do are against the Lord; they turn against him.

The palace will be empty; people will leave the noisy city. Strong cities and towers will be empty. Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.

The desert and dry land will become happy; the desert will be glad and will produce flowers. Like a flower,

The Lord All-Powerful said this to me: “The fine houses will be destroyed; the large and beautiful houses will be left empty.

“You have been hated and left empty with no one passing through. But I will make you great from now on; you will be a place of happiness forever and ever.

Your holy cities are empty like the desert. Jerusalem is like a desert; it is destroyed.

This is what the Lord says about the palace where the king of Judah lives: “You are tall like the forests of Gilead, like the mountaintops of Lebanon. But I will truly make you into a desert, into towns where no one lives.

A lion has come out of his den; a destroyer of nations has begun to march. He has left his home to destroy your land. Your towns will be destroyed with no one left to live in them.

“The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: You saw all the terrible things I brought on Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, which are ruins today with no one living in them.

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.

In all the places you live, cities will become empty. The places of idol worship will be ruined; your altars will become lonely ruins. Your idols will be broken and brought to an end. Your incense altars will be cut down, and the things you made will be wiped out.

Then I heard a holy angel speaking. Another holy angel asked the first one, “How long will the things in this vision last—the daily sacrifices, the turning away from God that brings destruction, the Temple being pulled down, and the army of heaven being walked on?”

I will destroy your cities and make your holy places empty, and I will not smell the pleasing smell of your offerings.

I will scatter you among the nations, and I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty, your cities a waste.

At that time people will make fun of you and sing this sad song about you: ‘We are completely ruined; the Lord has taken away my people’s land. Yes, he has taken it away from me and divided our fields among our enemies!’ ”

I will destroy the cities in your country and tear down all your defenses.

As for me, I will make you sick. I will attack you, ruining you because of your sins.

The earth will be ruined for the people who live in it because of their deeds.

You people may have outnumbered the stars, but only a few of you will be left, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

Just as the Lord was once happy with you and gave you good things and made you grow in number, so then the Lord will be happy to ruin and destroy you, and you will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.




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