Isaiah 8:20

To the torah (teaching of G-d) and to the te'udah + 8:20 te'udah i.e. prophetic record such as chapter 6 (see also in verse 16) (recorded testimony); if they speak not according to Davar HaZeh, it is because there is no shachar (dawn, light) in them.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 when they shall say unto you, Seek unto mediums that have familiar spirits, and unto spiritists that whisper, and that mutter: should not Am seek unto Elohav? Should they consult the mesim (dead ones) for the benefit of the chayyim (living)?

21And they + 8:21 i.e., the unbelievers, contrasted with those in v.13 shall roam about therein, hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their melech and Elohav, and look upward.

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Cross References

Ezra 10:3So now let us make a Brit with Eloheinu to put away all nashim and that born of them, according to the counsel of Adonoi and the charedim at the mitzvot of Eloheinu; and let it be done according to the Torah.

Psalms 119:130The petach (entrance, doorway) of Thy words giveth light; 1 it giveth understanding unto the simple. 1

Isaiah 1:10Hear the Devar Hashem, 1 ye rulers of Sodom; 1 give ear unto the Torat Eloheinu, 1 ye people of Amora (Gomorrah). 1

Isaiah 30:8Now go, 1 write it before them on a luach (tablet), 1 and inscribe it on a sefer, 1 that it may be for a yom acharon l'ad ad olam; 1

Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know Hashem; 1 His going forth is established as the shachar (dawn); 1 and He shall come unto us as the geshem (winter rain), 1 as the malkosh (spring rain) + 6:3 i.e., as the latter and former rain, which is the winter and spring rain unto ha'aretz. 1

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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