Isaiah 6:12
And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Cross-references
In Isaiah 5:6, God declares the land will become a waste with briers and thorns—the same forsaken condition described in 6:12.
In Isaiah 26:15, God enlarges the nation and extends borders — the opposite of the desolation and exile described here.
Isaiah 24:1 uses similar language of emptying the land and scattering its inhabitants—a broader judgment echoing the removal in 6:12.
Isaiah 27:10 depicts a deserted and forsaken city—a specific image of the forsaken places mentioned in 6:12.
In Jeremiah 12:7, God declares he will forsake his own inheritance — the same divine abandonment of Israel seen here.
In Romans 11:15, Paul applies the same concept of Israel being cast away to explain how their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, pointing to future restoration.
In Romans 11:2, Paul reiterates that God did not reject his foreknown people — a direct contrast to the judgment of abandonment here.
In Romans 11:1, Paul argues God has not rejected his people — directly countering the apparent total forsaking described here.
In Jeremiah 52:28-30, the specific numbers of exiles detail the fulfillment of the LORD driving everyone far away.
In Jeremiah 4:29, the same desolation is portrayed — towns deserted and people fleeing, echoing the forsaken land here.
In 2 Kings 25:21, Judah's exile and death at Riblah fulfills the prediction that the land would be utterly forsaken.
In 2 Kings 25:11, the Babylonian exile fulfills this prophecy — people carried away, land desolate.
2 Kings 24:2 records the historical fulfillment of this prophecy: foreign armies sent by God to remove people from the land, leaving it desolate.
Jeremiah 52:27 records the exile of Judah—the literal removal of people from the land that Isaiah 6:12 prophesied.
In Jeremiah 15:4, the same judgment of scattering is attributed to Manasseh's sins — a specific cause for the forsaken land.
In Lamentations 5:20, the people lament God's long forsaking — the very experience predicted here.
Daniel 9:2 reflects on the desolations of Jerusalem as prophesied—the same judgment of removal and forsaken places described in Isaiah 6:12.
Jeremiah 4:27 similarly declares the whole land will be desolate, though with a promise of not complete destruction—related to the forsaken condition.