Isaiah 8:9
Rage, O ye peoples,—and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth,—Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:
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1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel responded and said: Tell him,—Let not, him that girdeth, boast himself like him, that looseneth.
Proverbs 11:21Hand to hand, the wicked man shall not be held innocent, but, the seed of the righteous, hath been delivered.
Isaiah 14:5Broke hath Yahweh the staff of the lawless,—The sceptre of despots;
Isaiah 28:13So the word of Yahweh must be to them—Precept upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, A little here, a little there,—That they may go and fall backward and be torn and snared and captured.
Isaiah 54:15Lo! they would, quarrel, with thee—not at all from me,—Whoso hath quarrelled with thee, over thee, shall fall.
Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, Stand forth in helmets,—Polish the lances, put on the coats of mail.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:2-9
Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of… Read the whole commentary →