Isaiah 8:15

And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 a sanctification to you. But for a stone or stumbling, and for a rock of offence to the two houses of Israel, for a snare and a ruin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:13And the word of the Lord shall be to them: Command, command again; command, command again: expect, expect again; expect, expect again: a little there, a little there: that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Jeremiah 6:21Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring destruction upon this people, by which fathers and sons together shall fall, neighbor and kinsman shall perish.

Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

Luke 20:17But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

Romans 9:32Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.

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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