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He said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For so the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For thus Yahweh spoke to me with a strong hand and disciplined me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For in this way the LORD spoke to me with His strong hand [upon me] and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people [behaving as they do], saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD took hold of me with his powerful hand and said: I'm warning you! Don't act like these people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD said with his powerful hand on me. He warned me not to follow the ways of these people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />With his great power the LORD warned me not to follow the road which the people were following. He said, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD spoke to me, as his forceful hand was resting on me, and as he was warning me not to live the way this people were living: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Indeed this is what the LORD told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For thus has YHWH spoken to me with strength of hand, and instructs me against walking in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thus said Jehovah to me with strength of the hand, and he will turn me away from going in the way of this people, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the Lord said this to me, and he has instructed this to me with a strong hand, lest I go forth in the way of this people, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For thus said the LORD—his hand strong upon me—warning me not to walk in the way of this people: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me, as he held me and led me aside that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus LORD JEHOVAH said to me, as holding the hand, and he would take me aside that I would not walk in the way of this people, and he said<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/8-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1715" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/8.htm">A Call to Fear God</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: ḵōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">has spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2393.htm" title="2393: kə·ḥez·qaṯ (Prep-k:: N-fsc) -- Strength, force. Feminine of chezeq; prevailing power.">with a strong</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: hay·yāḏ (Art:: N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3256.htm" title="3256: wə·yis·sə·rê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To discipline, chasten, admonish. A primitive root; to chastise, literally or figuratively; hence, to instruct.">instructing me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: mil·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">not to walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bə·ḏe·reḵ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">in the way</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">of this</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām- (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people:</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a></span><br />Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-8</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. / He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. / But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/1-7.htm">2 Timothy 1:7</a></span><br />For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a></span><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-8.htm">Psalm 118:8-9</a></span><br />It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. / It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-14.htm">1 Peter 3:14-15</a></span><br />But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.” / But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-28.htm">Matthew 10:28</a></span><br />Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-6.htm">Hebrews 13:6</a></span><br />So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/56-3.htm">Psalm 56:3-4</a></span><br />When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. / In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-12.htm">1 Corinthians 2:12</a></span><br />We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-27.htm">John 14:27</a></span><br />Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6-7</a></span><br />Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. / And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm">2 Corinthians 10:3-5</a></span><br />For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. / The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. / We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-1.htm">Psalm 27:1</a></span><br />Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Ephesians 6:10-11</a></span><br />Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. / Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,</p><p class="hdg">with a strong hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7,9</a></b></br> O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Ezekiel 3:14</a></b></br> So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/4-20.htm">Acts 4:20</a></b></br> For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.</p><p class="hdg">instructed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/32-8.htm">Psalm 32:8</a></b></br> I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-15.htm">Proverbs 1:15</a></b></br> My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Jeremiah 15:19</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, <i>and</i> thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Admonishing</a> <a href="/esther/5-10.htm">Controlling</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-19.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-23.htm">Instructeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-10.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-12.htm">Warned</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-13.htm">Warning</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/20-31.htm">Admonishing</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-11.htm">Controlling</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-26.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-22.htm">Instructeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-13.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Warned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Warning</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">In Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, he prophesies Syria and Israel shall be subdued by Assyria</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-5.htm">Judah likewise for their infidelity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">God's judgments shall be irresistible</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">Comfort shall be to those who fear God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Great afflictions to idolaters</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "YHWH," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. This underscores the authority and seriousness of the message. The phrase "spoke to me" indicates a personal and direct revelation to Isaiah, highlighting the prophet's role as a mouthpiece for God. In a historical context, prophets were often seen as intermediaries between God and His people, tasked with delivering messages that were crucial for guidance and correction.<p><b>with a strong hand</b><br />The phrase "with a strong hand" suggests a forceful and compelling communication. The Hebrew word for "strong" is "ḥāzāq," which can mean firm, resolute, or mighty. This implies that the message was delivered with urgency and power, leaving no room for doubt or hesitation. In the biblical narrative, God's "strong hand" is often associated with His mighty acts of deliverance and judgment, as seen in the Exodus story. This phrase reassures the reader of God's sovereign power and His ability to enforce His will.<p><b>instructing me not to walk</b><br />The word "instructing" comes from the Hebrew "yāsar," which can mean to teach, discipline, or admonish. This indicates that the message was not merely informational but also corrective, aiming to guide Isaiah's actions and decisions. "Not to walk" uses the Hebrew "hālak," meaning to go, proceed, or live. This suggests a lifestyle or pattern of behavior. The instruction is clear: Isaiah is to avoid adopting the behaviors and attitudes prevalent among the people around him.<p><b>in the way of this people</b><br />The phrase "in the way of this people" refers to the prevailing cultural and spiritual practices of the Israelites at the time. Historically, this period was marked by political instability and spiritual apostasy, as the people often turned to idolatry and alliances with foreign nations instead of trusting in God. The "way" (Hebrew "derek") implies a path or manner of life, indicating that the people had strayed from God's commandments. Isaiah is being called to stand apart, to maintain faithfulness to God amidst widespread unfaithfulness. This serves as a timeless reminder for believers to remain steadfast in their convictions, even when societal norms diverge from divine principles.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">For the Lord spake thus to me.</span>--We enter on a new section, separated, probably, by a short interval of time, but dealing with the same subject. In the "strong hand" we have an anthropomorphic phrase, implying a specially high degree of the intensity of inspiration (<a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm" title="And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.">1Kings 18:46</a>; <a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm" title="But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came on him.">2Kings 3:15</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm" title="The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there on him.">Ezekiel 1:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm" title="So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong on me.">Ezekiel 3:14</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm" title="And the hand of the LORD was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.">Ezekiel 3:22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm" title="And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me.">Ezekiel 8:1</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm" title="The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the middle of the valley which was full of bones,">Ezekiel 37:1</a>). Something had occurred which brought the prophet into a state like that of St. Paul in <a href="/acts/17-16.htm" title="Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.">Acts 17:16</a>; <a href="/acts/18-5.htm" title="And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.">Acts 18:5</a>. Indignation and zeal were roused to their highest point, and were able to resist all human pressure from without. The result was a lesson which was to be specially impressed on the disciples who gathered round the prophet. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 11-16.</span> - THE GROUNDS OF ISAIAH'S CONFIDENCE. Having declared his absolute confidence, not only that the attack of Pekah and Rezin will fail (vers. 1-4), but that Assyria also (ver. 8), nay, that all the nations of the earth (ver. 9) will fail, and bring destruction upon themselves, if they "devise devices" against God's true people, the prophet explains the ground of his confidence by relating a special "instruction" which he had received from God some time previously, he had been bidden to separate himself from the mass of his countrymen in thought and feeling, and to cling only to Jehovah, who would "be for a Sanctuary" (ver. 14) to his own, but "for a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offence" to all others. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For the Lord.</span> Mr. Cheyne regards this passage as "a short oracle, complete in itself," and entirely unconnected with what has preceded. But the initial <span class="accented">ki</span>, "for," is in that case inexplicable. <span class="cmt_word">Spake thus to me with a strong hand</span>; literally, <span class="accented">with strength of hand - i.e.</span> laying a strong grasp upon him; and, as it were, constraining him to attend (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Ezekiel 1:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Ezekiel 3:14, 22</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">That I should not walk in the way of this people</span>. Isaiah was bidden not to "follow a multitude to evil" (<a href="/exodus/23-2.htm">Exodus 23:2</a>). It was not merely idolatry against which he was warned, but the whole spirit and tone of the society of his day. He was not to entertain their suspicions, or to hope their hopes, or to fear their fears. He was to take a line of his own, to fear God and him only; then God would be "for a Sanctuary" to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/8-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי֩</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spoke</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֧ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a strong</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּחֶזְקַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḥez·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2393.htm">Strong's 2393: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prevailing power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hand,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">instructing me</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yis·sə·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3256.htm">Strong's 3256: </a> </span><span class="str2">To discipline, chasten, admonish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not to walk</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלֶּ֛כֶת</span> <span class="translit">(mil·le·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the way</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏe·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people:</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעָם־</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/8-11.htm">Isaiah 8:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 8:11 For Yahweh spoke thus to me (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/8-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 8:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 8:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/8-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 8:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 8:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>