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Isaiah 6:7–9

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And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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From verse 7

  1. Jeremiah 1:9Rank 1 from verse 7
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    9Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

  2. 1 John 1:7Rank 2 from verse 7
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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  3. Isaiah 43:25Rank 3 from verse 7
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    25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  4. Daniel 10:16Rank 4 from verse 7
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    16And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

  5. Hebrews 9:13–14Rank 5 from verse 7
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    13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  6. Isaiah 53:10Rank 6 from verse 7
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  7. Isaiah 53:5Rank 7 from verse 7
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    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  8. Matthew 9:2Rank 8 from verse 7
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    2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

  9. 1 John 2:1–2Rank 9 from verse 7
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    1MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

    2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

From verse 8

  1. Exodus 4:10–13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    10¶ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

    11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

    12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

    13And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

  2. Acts 26:16–17Rank 2 from verse 8
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    16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

    17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

  3. Ephesians 3:8Rank 3 from verse 8
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    8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  4. Acts 22:21Rank 4 from verse 8
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    21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

  5. Isaiah 65:1Rank 5 from verse 8
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    1I AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

  6. Matthew 4:20–22Rank 6 from verse 8
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    20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

    21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

    22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

  7. Acts 20:24Rank 7 from verse 8
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    24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

  8. Deuteronomy 4:33–36Rank 8 from verse 8
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    33Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

    34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

    35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

    36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

  9. Acts 28:25–28Rank 9 from verse 8
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    25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

    26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

    27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

    28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

  10. Genesis 3:8–10Rank 10 from verse 8
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    8And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

    9And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

    10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

  11. Genesis 1:26Rank 11 from verse 8
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    26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  12. Genesis 11:7Rank 12 from verse 8
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    7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

  13. 1 Kings 22:20Rank 13 from verse 8
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    20And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.

  14. Ezekiel 1:24Rank 14 from verse 8
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    24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

  15. Genesis 3:22Rank 15 from verse 8
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    22¶ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

  16. Acts 9:4Rank 16 from verse 8
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    4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

  17. Ezekiel 10:5Rank 17 from verse 8
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    5And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

From verse 9

  1. Matthew 13:14–15Rank 1 from verse 9
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    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  2. Luke 8:10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

  3. Mark 4:12Rank 3 from verse 9
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    12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  4. John 12:40Rank 4 from verse 9
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    40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  5. Acts 28:26–27Rank 5 from verse 9
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    26Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

    27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  6. Romans 11:8Rank 6 from verse 9
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    8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

  7. Isaiah 29:13Rank 7 from verse 9
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    13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  8. Isaiah 43:8Rank 8 from verse 9
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    8¶ Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

  9. Isaiah 44:18–20Rank 9 from verse 9
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    18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

    19And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  10. Isaiah 30:8–11Rank 10 from verse 9
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    8¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

    9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

    10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

    11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  11. Jeremiah 15:1–2Rank 11 from verse 9
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    1THEN said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

    2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

  12. Exodus 32:7–10Rank 12 from verse 9
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    7¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

    8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

    9And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

    10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

  13. Hosea 1:9Rank 13 from verse 9
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    9Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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Isaiah 6:7

COMBINED MEANING

laid

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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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COMBINED MEANING

lo

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An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.

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lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

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iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

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sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

purged

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of purge, meaning to cleanse, clear, remove, separate, refine, or put away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 6:8

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 6:9

COMBINED MEANING

tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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indeed

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Truly, certainly, actually, or in fact; used for emphasis, confirmation, or concession before a contrast.

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COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

perceive

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To become aware of, recognize, discern, or understand a person, thing, fact, or meaning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

6:6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

6:7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

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6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

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6:9¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

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6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

6:11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

6:12And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

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