Isaiah 8:20

For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

In Context

19And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

21And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers’ ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

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Cross References

Ezra 10:3Now then let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and their offspring, as thou shalt advise:

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrah.

Isaiah 30:8Now then sit down and write these words on a tablet, and in a book; for these things shall be for many long days, and even forever.

Hosea 6:3let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

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 →

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