Isaiah 8:22

and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

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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 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

Exodus 10:21Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], even darkness which may be felt.”

Proverbs 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, 2 but in death, the upright has a refuge. 1

Isaiah 8:20Turn to the Torah ·Teaching· and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens with blackness, 2 and I make sackcloth their covering.” + 50:3. Quoted in Rev 6:12 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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