And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord have removed men far away,.... Not to Babylon, but to the ends of the earth, into the most distant countries, by means of the Romans; for they were but instruments of carrying the Jews…
Barnes' Notes
And the Lord have removed ... - The land shall be given up to desolation. The men - the strength of the nation - shall be taken to a distant land. And there be a great forsaking - A great desolation;…
God takes Isaiah at his word, and here sends him on a strange errand - to foretel the ruin of his people and even to ripen them for that ruin - to preach that which, by their abuse of it, would be to…
Cambridge Bible
andthere be a great forsaking … land Better, and great be the vacancy in the midst of the land. The word "vacancy" (deserted place) is used in Isa 17:9: for the thought cf. ch. Isa 5:9; Isa 7:16 ff.
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