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: ¹ 

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The LORD spoke to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people. He said:

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For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

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The LORD has said to me in the strongest terms: "Do not think like everyone else does.

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GOD spoke strongly to me, grabbed me with both hands and warned me not to go along with this people. He said:

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For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

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For the LORD spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

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Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people: ¹ 

¹ tc 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 suffix and thereby emend the Qal imperfect יִסְּרֵנִי (yissÿreni, “he was warning me”) to the more common Piel perfect יִסְּרַנִי (yissÿrani, “he warned me”). Others follow the lead of the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a and read יְסִירֵנִי (yÿsireni, “he was turning me aside,” a Hiphil imperfect from סוּר, sur).