Isaiah 8:20

Turn to the Torah ·Teaching· and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

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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

19When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” should not a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

21They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,

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Cross References

Psalms 119:130פּ ( Feitah, Unfolding) The entrance of your words gives light. 2 It gives understanding to the simple. 1

Isaiah 1:10Sh'ma ·Hear obey· Adonai’s word, you rulers of Sodom [Burning]! 2 Listen to the Torah ·Teaching· of our God, you people of Gomorrah [Rebellious people, Tyrants]! 1

Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

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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