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.

But yet in it shall be a tenth {H6224}, and it shall return {H7725}, and shall be eaten {H1197}: as a teil tree {H424}, and as an oak {H437}, whose substance {H4678} is in them, when they cast {H7995} their leaves: so the holy {H6944} seed {H2233} shall be the substance {H4678} thereof.

If even a tenth [of the people] remain, it will again be devoured. "But like a pistachio tree or an oak, whose trunk remains alive after its leaves fall off, the holy seed will be its trunk."

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.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Job 14:7 (10 votes)

    ¶ For 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.

  • Job 14:9 (10 votes)

    [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

  • Romans 11:5 (9 votes)

    Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

  • Romans 11:6 (9 votes)

    And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

  • Genesis 22:18 (7 votes)

    And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  • Isaiah 65:8 (5 votes)

    ¶ Thus 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.

  • Isaiah 65:9 (5 votes)

    And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.