KJV King James Version
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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Isaiah 6:13
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed is its substance!’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 6
10 Make 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.
11 Then 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,
12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְע֥וֹדH5750 · odstillבָּהּ֙H9034 · haherעֲשִׂ֣רִיָּ֔הH6224 · a.si.ritenthוְשָׁ֖בָהH7725 · shuvto return: returnוְהָיְתָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְבָעֵ֑רH1197 · ba.arto burn: burnכָּאֵלָ֣הH424 · e.lahoakוְכָאַלּ֗וֹןH437 · al.lonoakאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּשַׁלֶּ֙כֶת֙H7995 · shal.le.khetfellingמַצֶּ֣בֶתH4678 · mats.tse.vetpillarבָּ֔םH9038 · hemthemזֶ֥רַעH2233 · ze.raseedקֹ֖דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessמַצַּבְתָּֽהּ׃ פH4678 · mats.tse.vetpillar
Cross-references
Job 14:7-9For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.Romans 11:5-6Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.Genesis 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.Romans 11:16-29For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.Isaiah 65:8-9Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [one] saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing [is] in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.Galatians 3:28-29There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.Isaiah 1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.Galatians 3:16-19Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.Mark 13:20And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.Isaiah 10:20-22And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.Isaiah 4:3And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:Romans 9:5Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.Malachi 2:15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.John 15:1-3I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.Matthew 24:22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
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