Isaiah 8:22

And if they look to the earth, Behold distress and darkness, fearful darkness! And into darkness shall they be driven.

Noyes 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 shall pass through the land distressed and famished; And when they are famished, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, And look upward.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:32By his wickedness the wicked is thrust down; But the righteous hath hope even in death.

Isaiah 8:20To the word, to the revelation! If they speak not according to this, For them no bright morning shall arise.

Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.

Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah, your God, Before he bring darkness, And your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, And, while ye look for light, He turn it into deathlike shade, And make it 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 →

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