Isaiah 9:8

The Lord sendeth a word against Jacob; It cometh down to Israel.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

In Context

7His dominion shall be great, And peace without end shall be upon the throne of David and his kingdom, To fix and establish it Through justice and equity, Henceforth and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will do this.

9His whole people shall feel it, Ephraim, and the inhabitants of Samaria, Who say in pride and arrogance of heart,

Read all of Isaiah 9

Cross References

Isaiah 7:7Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: “It shall not stand, neither shall it be;

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, To the fading flower, his glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley of a people stupefied with wine.

Micah 1:1The word of Jehovah, which came to Micah, the Morasthite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah; which was revealed to him concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Zechariah 5:1And I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, a flying roll.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:2-8

Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 9:8