Isaiah 6:13

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Summary

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

Substance

Job 14:7

So the holy

General references

Ezekiel 6:8

Bible References

But yet

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called "holy," all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.

At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

Substance

"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

So the holy

This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants -- I will not destroy everyone.

Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'"

Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!"

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, "and to the descendants," referring to many, but "and to your descendant," referring to one, who is Christ.

General references

So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the Lord, affirm it!

"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.