Isaiah 8:9
Associate yourselves, O ye people, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of the far portions of the earth: gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, yet shall ye be broken in pieces.
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1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Speak, Let him that girdeth on the armor not boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Proverbs 11:21The hand [of God] being against [his] hand, the bad man shall not go unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
Isaiah 14:5Broken hath the Lord the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of rulers;
Isaiah 28:13Therefore shall be unto them the word of the Lord, precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; in order that they may go, and stumble backward, and be broken, and snared, and caught.
Isaiah 54:15Behold, they that assemble together, are nothing without me: whatsoever assembleth together against thee shall fall under thy power.
Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets: sharpen the spears, and 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 →