Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

In Context

21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:21Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

2 Chronicles 15:5In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick 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 →

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