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Isaiah 8:16-18

The prophet, recognising the failure of his work as regards the nation, prepares a written record of his teaching, and deposits this as a sealed document in the custody of his disciples. By this solemn act he forms an inner circle of religious fellowship, which is the nucleus of the new people of God. See General Introd. p. xxxi.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 8:16. _AMONG MY DISCIPLES._] בלמדי _belimmudai_. The _Septuagint_ render it του μη μαθειν. Bishop _Chandler_, Defence of Christianity, p. 308, thinks they read מלמד, _that it be not_ _und...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BIND UP - This expression is one that is applicable to a volume, or roll of writing. Thus far the prophet seems to have had the roll opened, which is mentioned in Isaiah 8:1. Now the prophecy is compl...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 Jehovah's Word Through Isaiah and the Assyrian Announced 1. _The divine instruction and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)_ 2. _The Assyrian to come (Isaiah 8:5)_ 3. _The answer of faith (I...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MORE EXTRACTS ON THE CRISIS FROM ISAIAH'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. It is not clear how many bits of the autobiography are included here, but the section for the most part probably deals with the coalition of Sy...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TESTIMONY. LAW. No Art. either here or in Isaiah 8:20. Note the Structure, above, and the _Introversion_ of these two words. See note on Isaiah 1:10. DISCIPLES. instructed ones....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BIND UP THE TESTIMONY— _Engrave the testimony, seal up the law in my disciples._ There seems no doubt that the person here introduced speaking is God the Father, in whose will the Messiah immediately...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE PEDAGOGY Isaiah 8:16-22 TEXT: Isaiah 8:16-22 16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. The words of Yahweh. Verse 12. SAY YE NOT, A CONFEDERACY - rather. A...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. TAKE, etc.] read 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.' A MAN'S PEN] i.e. such as a common man would use for writing in large characters that al...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BIND UP] i.e. tie up the parchment roll on which the prophet's teaching has been written, and lay it aside to be consulted later. THE TESTIMONY] i.e. the inspired admonition which the prophet has just...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 8 ISAIAH’S SON WILL BE A SIGN TO THE PEOPLE V1 The *Lord sen...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BIND UP THE TESTIMONY... — The intensity of feeling in which the prophetic utterance of Isaiah 8:11 had its birth, is followed by a corresponding solemnity at its close. The words which had been so fu...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    צֹ֖ור תְּעוּדָ֑ה חֲתֹ֥ום תֹּורָ֖ה בְּ לִמֻּדָֽי׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8, 9:Isaiah 7:1 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    FEAR GOD'S POWER, NOT MAN'S Isaiah 8:5-18 It seems likely that Syria and Samaria attacked Ahaz because he would not join in a federation against the growing power of Assyria. A strong party seems to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this section we have the account of how the prophet turns from his more public ministry to devote himself to a small circle of believing souls. This departure was signalized by his writing on a tab...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (r) Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. (r) Though all forsake me, yet you who are mine keep my word sure sealed in your hearts....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Disciples. Let some faithful witnesses keep this prophecy, (Haydock) that when it is verified, all may be convinced._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I pray the Reader to observe with me, the tender care of God over his people, in times of general calamity. In these verses, the Prophet is commissioned to comfort the Lord's mourners; and a precious...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._Bind up the testimony. _The Lord now turns his discourse to the Prophet, and encourages him, while he must contend against apostates and rebels, to discharge his office with boldness and persevera...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BIND UP THE TESTIMONY,.... These are not the words of the prophet, as Kimchi thinks, but of the Lord to the prophet, and are part of that instruction given him, Isaiah 8:11. By "the testimony" is mean...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Ver. 16. _Bind up the testimony, seal the law, &c._] _Et lateat, et lucent._ let it both be hidden and be conspicuous. Let thy doctrine, saith...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Bind up the testimony_ There seems no doubt that the person here introduced speaking, is God the Father. By _the testimony_, and _the law_ or _doctrine_, the prophet understands one and the same thin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Bind up the testimony, so the Lord says to Immanuel, the Messiah, or directly to Isaiah, SEAL THE LAW AMONG MY DISCIPLES, so that the Word of the Lord is sealed and kept safe through the power of the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING AGAINST FALSE TESTIMONY...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-16 The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon c...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    These are, by the consent of all, God's words to the prophet. _By the testimony and the law or doctrine_ (for so this word is frequently taken) he understands one and the same thing, as he doth also t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 8:16 up H6887 (H8798) testimony H8584 Seal H2856 (H8798) law H8451 disciples H3928 Bind up -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MEANWHILE ISAIAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY. ALL ARE HEADING FOR DISASTER. RATHER HE MUST SEAL THE TESTIMONY OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 8:11). In the light of this f...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Predictions of the Syrian invasion and of the desolations of Judah and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Israel, Uriah, Zechariah, Maher, Shalal-hash-baz, Rezin, sons of Remaliah. CONCLUSION: If a n...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 8:1. _Take thee a great roll._ Lowth reads, a large mirror. The Chaldaic has _scripturam claram,_ a fair writing, which might be on a polished plate; but the Versions read as the English. Isaia...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Bind up the testimony_ “BIND UP THE TESTIMONY” There is evidently a reference in the text to wares or merchandise which are very valuable, and which must be bound up and sealed, to preserve them fr...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:16 The difference between the remnant (vv. Isaiah 8:16) and the hardened nation (vv. Isaiah 8:19)

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE DUTY OF TEACHERS OF TRUTH IN TIMES OF NATIONAL PERVERSION Isaiah 8:16 In Hebrews 2:13 the commencement of Isaiah 8:18 is quoted as an utterance of the Messiah. This opens up questions concerning...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 8:1 THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense it appealed to faith in an event far distant. Even in its literal import, it w...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter 8 he continues in this prediction of the Assyrian invasion. Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaia...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 John 5:9; 2 Kings 11:12; Daniel 12:10; Dan

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The testimony — By the testimony and the law or doctrine, he understands one and the same thing, as he doth also, Isaiah 8:20, the word of God, and especially that which is the main scope thereof, the...

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