Isaiah 8:22
They will look at the earth 1 and see distress, darkness, and oppressive gloom. They will be driven into a land of darkness.
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Exodus 10:21Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness that may be felt.”
2 Chronicles 15:5In those times there was no peace for him who traveled away, nor for him who traveled to here; instead, great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
Proverbs 14:32The wicked person is brought down by his evil actions, 1 but the righteous person has a refuge even in death. 1
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say such things, it is because they have no light of dawn. 1
Isaiah 50:3I clothe the sky with darkness; I cover it with sackcloth.” 1
Jeremiah 13:16Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, 1 and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. 1 For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. 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 →