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Verse Isaiah 8:20. _TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY_ - "Unto the
command, and unto the testimony."] "Is not תעודה _teudah_ here
the attested prophecy, Isaiah 8:1? and perhaps תורה _torah_ the
command...
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TO THE LAW ... - To the revelation which God has given. This is a
solemn call of the prophet to try everything by the revealed will of
God; see Isaiah 8:16.
IF THEY SPEAK NOT - If the necromancers -...
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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...
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ISAIAH 8:19 TO ISAIAH 9:1. SOME FRAGMENTARY UTTERANCES. These
fragments are of uncertain date and authorship, corrupt in text and
obscure in sense. The first, Isaiah 8:19 f., is a warning against
necr...
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THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM. there shall be no morning for them. All are
in darkness who do not speak by and appeal to the revealed Word of
God....
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Religion and superstition contrasted....
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_To the law and to the testimony_ See on Isaiah 8:16. Apparently an
exclamation of the distracted people (see on next clause).
The remainder of the verse, where the construction is very difficult,
ou...
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AND WHEN THEY SHALL SAY— Here follows the address of the prophet to
the Jewish nation, drawn from the argument of the preceding
prophesy,—to the first verse of the 9th chapter; and then a
remarkable i...
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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...
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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.
TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY - To the revelation of God by His
prophet (Isaia...
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8:20 them (g-16) Or 'for him,' i.e. for the people. Some read 'this
word, it is because in it.'...
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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...
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THE LAW.. THE TESTIMONY] i.e. Isaiah's own teaching, which, by his
direction, had been written down and carefully preserved (Isaiah
8:16).
IF THEY SPEAK NOT, etc.] The meaning seems to be, 'If they sp...
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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...
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TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY. — The words are only remotely and
by analogy an exhortation to the study of Scripture in general, or
even to that of the Law of Moses in particular. “The law and the
t...
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לְ תֹורָ֖ה וְ לִ תְעוּדָ֑ה אִם ־לֹ֤א
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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...
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THE PRINCE OF PEACE
Isaiah 8:19-22; Isaiah 9:1-7
When men cease to trust in God and rely on the help of man, they often
turn to necromancy and spirit-rapping. The medium takes the place of
the Mediat...
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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...
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_Law. Sealed, (ver. 16.) or to the law of Moses, Ecclesiasticus xxxiv.
28. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "why do they consult the dead concerning
the living? For he gave the law to assist us." (Haydock) --...
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I do not think it needful to detain the Reader with long observations
on this part of the chapter. The advice here given is to the same
amount as the former; the Lord utterly condemns all seeking, but...
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20._To the law and testimony. _There are indeed various ways of
explaining this passage. Some think that it is the form of an oath, as
if the Prophet were swearing _by the law _that they were apostate...
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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...
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TO THE LAW, AND TO THE TESTIMONY,.... Kimchi takes this to be an oath,
"by the law, and by the testimony", it is so and so; but Aben Ezra
observes there is no instance of this kind in Scripture; it is...
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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.
Ver. 20. _To the law and to the testimonies._] Lo, this is the way,
walk in it,...
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_To the law and to the testimony_ Let this dispute between you and
them be determined by God's word, which is here, and in many other
places, called _the law_, to signify their obligation to believe a...
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To the Law and to the testimony! Turn to the Word and the promises of
the Lord alone; trust in His Gospel, in the glorious assurance of
salvation contained therein; make the clear exposition of His Wo...
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WARNING AGAINST FALSE TESTIMONY...
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NO LIGHT:
_ Heb._ no morning...
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17-22 The prophet foresaw that the Lord would hide his face; but he
would look for his return in favour to them again. Though not
miraculous signs, the children's names were memorials from God, suite...
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TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY; let this dispute between you and them
be determined by God's word, which is here and in many other places
called THE LAW, to signify their obligation to believe and ob...
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Isaiah 8:20 law H8451 testimony H8584 speak H559 (H8799) word H1697
light H7837
the law - Isaiah 8
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THE PEOPLE MUST NOW MAKE THEIR CHOICE BETWEEN THE OCCULT AND THE WORD
OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 8:19).
It may be that like Saul before him (1 Samuel 28), Ahaz, recognising
his rejection by Yahweh, had begun t...
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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...
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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...
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_To the law and to the testimony_
THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD THE ONLY STANDARD OF TRUTH
I. CONSIDER THE PRINCIPLE LAID DOWN IN THE TEXT, namely, that we are
to take the Scriptures, the inspired Word of...
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_And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits_
WIZARDS
Wizards and “they that have familiar spirits,” are what we should
now call “mediums,” through whom the dead spea...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:16 The difference between the remnant (vv.
Isaiah 8:16) and the hardened nation (vv. Isaiah 8:19)
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THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY
Isaiah 8:20. _To the law and to the testimony, &c._
This was one of the watchwords of the Reformation, and since then it
has been a favourite text with Protestants. The nobl...
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NECROMANCY
Isaiah 8:19. _Seek unto them, &c._
As bearing upon the doctrine of necromancy, an exhaustive discussion
of these verses would involve the following points:
1. Under the instigation of a p...
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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...
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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...
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2 Peter 1:19; 2 Peter 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:15; Acts 17:11; Galatians 3:8
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To the law — Let this dispute between you and them be determined by
God's word, which is here and in many other places called the law, to
signify their obligation to believe and obey it; and the testi...