Isaiah 8:14
And He hath been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two houses of Israel, For a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Jehovah of Hosts — Him ye do sanctify, And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread,
15And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
Cross References
Joshua 10:7And Joshua goeth up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, even all the mighty men of valour.
Psalms 46:1To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. 'For the Virgins.' — A song. God [is] to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
Proverbs 18:10A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
Isaiah 24:17Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land.
Isaiah 28:16Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone — a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.
Ezekiel 11:16it [is] ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.
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 →