Isaiah 8:21
Verse 21 of 22. The 8th of 66 chapters in Isaiah, in The Major Prophets.
17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21And 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.
22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah 8:21 in the World English Bible
They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,Read Isaiah 8:21 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:21
Some read it as a threatening: "If they speak not according to this word, there shall be no light to them, no good, no comfort or relief; but they shall be driven to darkness and despair;" as it follows here, v. 21, 22. What light had Saul when he consulted the witch? 1 Sam. xxviii. 18, 20. Or what light can those expect that turn away from the Father of lights?
Read Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:16–22: The Importance of the Scriptures. (b. c. 740.)
Pray Isaiah 8:21 with someone reading it aloud.
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