Isaiah 8:22

And unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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

Exodus 10:21Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Stretch forth thy hand over the heavens, that there may be darkness, over the land of Egypt,—and that one may feel the darkness.

2 Chronicles 15:5And, in those times, there had been no prosperity, to him that went out nor to him that came in,—for, great consternations, were upon all the inhabitants of the lands;

Proverbs 14:32By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.

Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.

Jeremiah 13:16Give ye to Yahweh your God—glory, Before he cause darkness, and Before your feet stumble upon the twilight mountains; Lest, when ye wait for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, And change it for thick darkness.

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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