Isaiah 8:19-22
Lexham English Bible
19 Now if they tell you, “Consult the ghosts and the spirits, those who chirp and those who mutter. Should not a people consult its gods, the dead on behalf of the living, 20 for teaching and for testimony?” surely they who speak like this have no dawn.[a]
21 And it[b] will pass through it[c] distressed and hungry, and this shall happen: when it is hungry, it will be enraged, and it will curse its king and its gods,[d] and it will face upwar 22 or look to the earth. But look! Distress and darkness, the gloom of affliction! And it will be thrust into darkness!
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- Isaiah 8:20 Literally “if not, they say like this word that there is no dawn for him,” which could also mean “if not, let them say a word like this: that there is no dawn for him”
- Isaiah 8:21 That is, the nation
- Isaiah 8:21 That is, the land
- Isaiah 8:21 Or “God”
Isaiah 8:19-22
English Standard Version
19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the (A)mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of (B)the dead on behalf of the living? 20 (C)To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no (D)dawn. 21 They will pass through the land,[a] greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against[b] their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. 22 (E)And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into (F)thick darkness.
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- Isaiah 8:21 Hebrew it
- Isaiah 8:21 Or speak contemptuously by
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