Isaiah 6:11-13 ▼

11 I replied, |How long, sovereign master?| He said, |Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

12 and the LORD has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

13 Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.|