Isaiah 8:15

Many will stumble over it and fall and be broken, and be ensnared and captured. 1

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In The King James Version

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

In Context

14He will become a sanctuary; 1 but he will be a stone of striking, and a rock of stumbling— 2 for both the houses of Israel, 2 and he will be a trap and a snare 2 to the people of Jerusalem. 1

16Bind up my testimony, seal the official record, and give it to my disciples. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:13So the word of Yahweh will be to them 1 command upon command, command upon command; rule upon rule, rule upon rule; 1 here a little, there a little; 1 so that they may go and fall backward, and be broken, ensnared, and captured. 1

Jeremiah 6:21So Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to place a stumbling block against this people. 1 They will stumble over it—fathers and sons together. Inhabitants and their neighbors will also perish.' 1

Matthew 15:14Let them alone, they are blind guides. If a blind person guides another blind person, both will fall into a pit.”

Luke 20:17But Jesus looked at them, and said, “What is the meaning of that which is written: 1 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

Romans 9:32Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

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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