Isaiah 8:15

Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

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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 be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.

16Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law amongst my disciples.

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:13Therefore the LORD’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

Jeremiah 6:21Therefore the LORD says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbour and his friend will perish.”

Matthew 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Luke 20:17But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone’?

Romans 9:32Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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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