Isaiah 6:13 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 11-13.) And I said, how long, Lord? And he answered, until the cities are desolate and without inhabitant, and the houses are without people, and the land is left empty. And the Lord will remove men far away, and what was abandoned in the midst of the land will be multiplied. And even in it there will be a tenth, and it will be turned again to destruction, like a terebinth tree, and like an oak tree that sheds its leaves, the holy seed will be the stump that remains in it.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

231. Third, as to repeated persecution: and first, he places their small number: and there shall be still a tithing therein, that is, barely a tenth will be left by Titus in the land of Judea, or in the whole world, because of the Jews …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God will turn them, and they shall be turned. (2.) That they shall be eaten, that is, shall be accepted of God as the tithe was, which was meat in God's house, Mal. iii. The saving of this remnant shall be meat to the faith and hope of those that wish well to God's kingdom.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But yet ... - The main idea in this verse is plain, though there is much difficulty in the explanation of the particular phrases. The leading thought is, that the land should not be “utterly” and finally abandoned. There would be the remains of life - as in an oak or terebinth tree when the tree has fallen; compare the notes at Isa 11:1. A tenth - That is, a tenth of the inhabitants, or a very small part. Amidst the general desolation, a small part should be preserved.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְע֥וֹד	ve.'od	and still	H5750 →
בָּהּ֙	bah	[will be] in it
עֲשִׂ֣רִיָּ֔ה	'a.Si.ri.Yah	a tenth [part]	H6224 →
וְשָׁ֖בָה	ve.Sha.vah	and it will return	H7725 →
וְהָיְתָ֣ה	ve.ha.ye.Tah	and it will become	H1961 →
לְבָעֵ֑ר	le.va.'Er	<into> burning	H1197 →
כָּאֵלָ֣ה	ka.'e.Lah	like <the> terebinth	H424 →
וְכָאַלּ֗וֹן	ve.kha.'a.Lon	and like <the> oak	H437 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּשַׁלֶּ֙כֶת֙	be.sha.Le.khet	in [the] felling	H7995 →
מַצֶּ֣בֶת	ma.Tze.vet	a stump	H4678 →
בָּ֔ם	Bam	[is] in them
זֶ֥רַע	Ze.ra'	[will be] offspring of	H2233 →
קֹ֖דֶשׁ	Ko.desh	holiness	H6944 →
מַצַּבְתָּֽהּ׃ פ	ma.tzav.Tah	stump its	H4678 →

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The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
leads to
- Acts 3:25
  And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
- Genesis 12:3
  I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Galatians 3:16
  The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- Genesis 26:4–5
  I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
- Genesis 18:18
  Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.