Isaiah 8:15

And many shall stumble on it, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

In Context

14And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

16Bind thou up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples.

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:13Therefore the word of LORD shall be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Jeremiah 6:21Therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend shall perish.

Matthew 15:14Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.

Luke 20:17But having looked upon them, he said, What then is this that is written, The stone that those who build rejected, this became the head of the corner?

Romans 9:32Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:10-16

Judah's Encouragement. ( b. c. 740.) 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A… Read the whole commentary →

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