Isaiah 6:11
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. 740 BC
WHEN
c. 740 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Tiglath-pileser III king of Assyria 745-727 BC
- Uzziah king of Judah 792-740 BC
SOURCES
- date — Isaiah 6:1 dates the vision by the year that King Uzziah died, dated to around 740 BC by the chronology of the kings of Judah.
- Tiglath-pileser III — Assyrian annals from Calah; the Assyrian king lists, which are dated year by year
- Uzziah — 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6:1, which dates the vision by the year of his death
SEE ALSO
- Leviticus 26:31 I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
- Psalms 90:13 Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
- Psalms 94:3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Isaiah 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Isaiah 24:1-12 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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