Isaiah 8:9
Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of far countries. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
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1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him who girds on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.
Proverbs 11:21Hand in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 14:5LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
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.
Isaiah 54:15Behold, they may gather together, but not by me. Whoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets. Furbish the spears. Put on the coats of mail.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:2-9
Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of… Read the whole commentary →