Isaiah 8:16

Bind up + 8:16 to preserve for the future the te'udah (testimony), chatom (seal up) the torah (teaching) among my disciples.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

In Context

15And rabbim (many) among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

17And I will wait for Hashem, that hideth His face from the Bais Ya'akov, and I will look + 8:17 in hope for Him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:45These are the edot, and the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, after they came forth out of Mitzrayim.

Psalms 25:14[Samech] The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him; 1 and He will show them His Brit (covenant). 1

Isaiah 8:1Moreover Hashem said unto me, Take thee a gillayon gadol (great slab), and write on it with cheret enosh concerning Maher Shalal Chash Baz (The Spoil Speeds, the Booty Hastens [i.e., the coming Assyrian defeat of Syria and Israel is imminent and the life of this son of Isaiah is a prophetic time line. See verse 4 below]).

Isaiah 29:11And the whole vision is become unto you as the devarim of a sefer that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, now; and he saith, I am not able; for it is sealed;

Daniel 9:24Shivi'im heptads is decreed upon thy people and upon thy Ir Kodesh (Holy City), to restrain the peysha (transgression), and to make an end of chattat (sin), and to make kapporah for avon, and to bring in Tzedek Olamim (Everlasting Righteousness), and to seal up the chazon and navi, and to anoint the Kodesh HaKodashim.

Daniel 12:9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the devarim are closed up and sealed till the Et Ketz (Time of the End).

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:10-16

Judah's Encouragement. ( b. c. 740.) 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A… Read the whole commentary →

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