Isaiah 8:16
'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
In Context
15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'
17And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:45these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt;
Psalms 25:14The counsel of the LORD is with them that fear Him; and His covenant, to make them know it.
Isaiah 8:1And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;
Isaiah 29:11And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I cannot, for it is sealed';
Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place.
Daniel 12:9And he said: 'Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed 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 →