Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

19But, when they say unto you—Seek ye unto the necromancers and unto the wizards, who chirp, and who mutter, Should not a people seek, unto its God? In behalf of the living, [should it seek] unto the dead?

21Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry,—And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;

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Cross References

Ezra 10:3Now, therefore, let us solemnize a covenant unto our God—to put away all the women and such as have been born of them, in the counsel of my lord, and them who tremble at the commandment of our God,—and, according to the law, let it be done.

Psalms 119:130The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,—Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:—

Isaiah 30:8Now, enter—Write it upon a tablet before them And upon a scroll, inscribe it,—That it may serve for a later day, For futurity, unto times age-abiding:—

Hosea 6:3Then let us know—let us press on to know—Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured,—that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, [and] the seed-rain of the land.

Malachi 4:2So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,—and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall;

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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