Yesaya 6:12

6:12 and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place,

and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned. ¹ 

Yesaya 28:22

28:22 So now, do not mock,

or your chains will become heavier!

For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,

from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land. ² 

[6:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and great is the abandonment in the midst of the land.”

[28:22]  ² tn Or “the whole earth” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NCV).