Isaiah 8:22 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and {they shall be} driven to darkness.”

Isaiah 8:22

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To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, {it is} because {there is} no light in them. {no...: Heb. no morning}

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and {they shall be} driven to darkness.

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Isaiah 8:1

"Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. {Mahershalalhashbaz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc}"

Isaiah 8:2

"And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."

Isaiah 8:3

"And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. {went: Heb. approached}"

Isaiah 8:4

"For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. {the riches...: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc}"

Isaiah 8:5

"The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,"

Isaiah 8:6

"Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;"

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