And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.’
Isaiah 6:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak that leaves a stump when felled, the holy seed is the stump. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And though a tenth [of the people] remain in the land, it will be for their destruction [eaten up and burned] like a terebinth tree or like an oak whose stump and substance remain when they are felled or have cast their leaves. The holy seed [the elect remnant] is the stump and substance [of Israel]. American Standard Version (1901) And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof. Common English Bible Even if one-tenth remain there, they will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, which when it is cut down leaves a stump. Its stump is a holy seed. Catholic Public Domain Version But still, there will be a tithing within her, and she will be converted, and she will be put on display, like a terebinth tree and like an oak which extends its branches. And what will remain standing within her will be a holy offspring. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there shall be still a tithing therein: and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine-tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches. That which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed. |
And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.’
Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the Lord our God to preserve a remnant for us and give us a stake in his holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us a little relief and light to our eyes.
If the Lord of Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah.
Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy #– #all in Jerusalem written in the book of life , #– #
‘Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.
For the Lord God says: The city that marches out a thousand strong will have only a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left in the house of Israel.
They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade. So he will rescue us from Assyria when it invades our land, when it marches against our territory.
I will leave a meek and humble people among you, and they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.
In the whole land – this is the Lord’s declaration – two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking? Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, , so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Unless those days were cut short, no one would be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.
If the Lord had not cut those days short, no one would be saved. But he cut those days short for the sake of the elect, whom he chose.
The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, praised forever. , Amen.
Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.
For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.