Isaiah 8:9
Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!'
Cross References
1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armour].'
Proverbs 11:21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
Isaiah 14:5Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.
Isaiah 28:13And to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured.
Isaiah 54:15Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth!
Jeremiah 46:4Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, 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 →