Isaiah 8:17-22
1599 Geneva Bible
17 Therefore I will wait upon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Behold, I and the [a]children whom the Lord hath given me, are as signs and as wonders in Israel, [b]by the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you, Inquire at them that have a spirit of divination, and at the soothsayers which whisper and murmur, [c]Should not a people inquire at their God? from the [d]living to the dead?
20 To the [e]Law, and to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word: it is because there is no [f]light in them.
21 Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and fro in [g]it: and when he shall be hungry, he shall even fret himself, [h]and curse his king and his gods, and shall look upward.
22 And when he shall look to the earth, behold trouble, and [i]darkness, vexation, and anguish, and he is driven to darkness.
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- Isaiah 8:18 Meaning, them that were willing to hear and obey the word of God, whom the world hated, as though they were monsters and not worthy to live.
- Isaiah 8:18 This was a consolation in their troubles, knowing that nothing could come unto them, but by the will of the Lord.
- Isaiah 8:19 Answer the wicked thus, Should not God’s people seek succor only at him?
- Isaiah 8:19 This is, will they refuse to be taught of the Prophet, who is the mouth of God, and seek help at the dead, which is the illusion of Satan?
- Isaiah 8:20 Seek remedy in the word of God, where his will is declared.
- Isaiah 8:20 They have no knowledge, but are blind leaders of the blind.
- Isaiah 8:21 That is, in Judah, where they should have had rest, if they had not thus grievously offended God.
- Isaiah 8:21 In whom afore they put their trust.
- Isaiah 8:22 They shall think that heaven and earth and all creatures are bent against them to trouble them.
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