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Text -- Isaiah 8:11-18 (NET)
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The Lord Encourages Isaiah
8:11 Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people :
8:12 “Do not say , ‘Conspiracy ,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified .
8:13 You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies . He is the one you must respect ; he is the one you must fear .
8:14 He will become a sanctuary , but a stone that makes a person trip , and a rock that makes one stumble – to the two houses of Israel . He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem .
8:15 Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured , and will be ensnared and captured .”
8:16 Tie up the scroll as legal evidence , seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers .
8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord , who has rejected the family of Jacob ; I will wait for him.
8:18 Look , I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel , sent from the Lord who commands armies , who lives on Mount Zion .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JESUS CHRIST, 2 |
Ahaz |
Quotations and Allusions |
Israel |
Jesus, The Christ |
Associations |
Seal |
SALVATION |
GIN |
Armies |
Example |
Desire |
Adoption |
Faith |
Confidence |
God |
Stones |
Stumbling |
Symbols and Similitudes |
Prophets |
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NET Notes: Isa 8:11 Heb “with strength of hand and he warned me from walking in the way of these people, saying.” Some want to change the pointing of the suff...
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NET Notes: Isa 8:12 The background of this command is uncertain. Perhaps the “conspiracy” in view is the alliance between Israel and Syria. Some of the people...
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NET Notes: Isa 8:13 Heb “he is your [object of] fear, he is your [object of] terror.” The roots יָרֵא (yare’) and ע&...
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NET Notes: Isa 8:14 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Isa 8:16 Heb “seal [the] instruction among my followers.” The “instruction” probably refers to the prophet’s exhortations and war...
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