Isaiah 8:22
And they will look unto the earth; and behold there are trouble and darkness, dimness of oppression, and they shall be scattered into obscurity.
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Exodus 10:21And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, and there shall be darkness over the land of Egypt, and it shall be a darkness of the night.
2 Chronicles 15:5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, and to him that came in; but there were great confusions among all the inhabitants of the countries.
Proverbs 14:32Through his own evil is the wicked thrust down; but even in his death doth the righteous have confidence.
Isaiah 8:20[Hold] to the law and to the testimony: if they are not to speak according to this word, in which there is no light.
Isaiah 50:3I can clothe the heavens with blackness, and I can make sackcloth their garment.
Jeremiah 13:16Give unto the Lord your God glory, before he cause darkness, and before your feet strike upon the mountains of twilight, and [where], while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and change it into gross darkness.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:17-22
The Importance of the Scriptures. ( b. c. 740.) 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the Lord , that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto… Read the whole commentary →