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Isaiah 8:12-13 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 8 · verses 12–13
12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.Isaiah 8:12-13 · King James Version
Isaiah 8:12-13 in context
10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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Key words (Strong's)
- confederacyqesheran allianceH7195 →
- Sanctifyqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- fearyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- fearmôwrâʼfearH4172 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
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The prophet here returns to speak of the present distress that Ahaz and his court and kingdom were in upon account of the threatening confederacy of the ten tribes and the Syrians against them. And in these verses, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15