Isaiah 6:12 - Exposition

And the Lord have removed men far away. The Assyrian and Babylonian policy of deportation is pointed at. Pul had attacked the kingdom of Israel ten or twelve years before Uzziah's death, and had perhaps made the Assyrian policy known, though he had allowed himself to be bought off ( 2 Kings 15:19 , 2 Kings 15:20 ). And there be a great forsaking ; rather, and the desolation be great ; i.e. till a great portion of Judah be depopulated.