Isaiah 8:16
Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
In Context
15And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:45These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;
Psalms 25:14The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
Isaiah 8:1And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
Isaiah 29:11And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
Daniel 12:9And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;
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 →