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Text -- Isaiah 8:15-22 (NET)
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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 .
Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives
8:19 They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations . Should people not seek oracles from their gods , by asking the dead about the destiny of the living ?”
8:20 Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened .
8:21 They will pass through the land destitute and starving . Their hunger will make them angry , and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward .
8:22 When one looks out over the land , he sees distress and darkness , gloom and anxiety , darkness and people forced from the land.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
AHAZ |
Israel |
JESUS CHRIST, 2 |
Desire |
SALVATION |
Blasphemy |
Minister |
Quotations and Allusions |
Testimony |
Darkness |
BESTEAD |
DIVINATION |
Word of God |
Seal |
Light |
Colors |
Afflictions and Adversities |
ZION |
RESURRECTION |
WITNESS |
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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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NET Notes: Isa 8:18 Or “signs and portents” (NAB, NRSV). The names of all three individuals has symbolic value. Isaiah’s name (which meant “the Lo...
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NET Notes: Isa 8:19 Heb “Should a nation not inquire of its gods on behalf of the living, (by inquiring) of the dead?” These words appear to be a continuation...
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NET Notes: Isa 8:20 Heb “If they do not speak according to this word, [it is] because it has no light of dawn.” The literal translation suggests that “t...
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