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They will be thrown out into the darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and <i>they shall be</i> driven to darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and <i>they will be</i> driven into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and <i>they will be</i> driven away into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and <i>they will be</i> driven away into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and <i>they will be</i> banished into thick darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth, they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and <i>they will be</i> driven away into darkness <i>and</i> overwhelming night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They will look at the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be forced into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />or stare at the ground, but they will see nothing but trouble and darkness, terrifying darkness into which they are being driven. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />or they'll look toward the earth, but they'll see only distress and darkness, the gloom that comes from anguish, and then they'll be thrown into total darkness."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it looks attentively to the land, "" And behold, adversity and darkness! Dimness, distress, and thick darkness are driven away, "" But not the dimness for which she is in distress!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they shall look to the earth, and behold, straits and darkness and fainting of distress; and to darkness being removed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he will gaze downward to the earth, and behold: tribulation and darkness, dissolution and distress, and a pursuing gloom. For he will not be able to fly away from its distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and will gaze at the earth, But will see only distress and darkness, oppressive gloom, murky, without light. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />or they will look to the earth, but will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, tribulation and dimness shall scatter them; but he shall not afflict him who is in distress as in the former time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he shall look on the Earth, and the affliction and darkness and adversity and thick darkness, he shall drive it out, because he shall not strike that which he loathed as at the former time <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />or look unto the earth, behold distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and outspread thick darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that <i>one cannot</i> see;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/8-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1827" 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">Darkness and Light</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5027.htm" title="5027: yab·bîṭ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To look. A primitive root; to scan, i.e. Look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care.">Then they will look</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and see</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: ṣā·rāh (N-fs) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">only distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/2825.htm" title="2825: wa·ḥă·šê·ḵāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Darkness. Or chashekah; from chashak; darkness; figuratively, misery.">and darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/4588.htm" title="4588: mə·‘ūp̄ (N-msc) -- Gloom. From uwph in the sense of covering with shade; darkness.">and the gloom</a> <a href="/hebrew/6695.htm" title="6695: ṣū·qāh (N-fs) -- Constraint, distress. Or tsuwqah; from tsuwq; a strait, i.e. distress.">of anguish.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5080.htm" title="5080: mə·nud·dāḥ (V-Pual-Prtcpl-ms) -- To impel, thrust, banish. A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">And they will be driven</a> <a href="/hebrew/653.htm" title="653: wa·’ă·p̄ê·lāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Darkness, gloominess, calamity. Feminine of 'aphel; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment.">into utter darkness.</a> </span><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="/matthew/8-12.htm">Matthew 8:12</a></span><br />But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-13.htm">Matthew 22:13</a></span><br />Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-30.htm">Matthew 25:30</a></span><br />And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Luke 13:28</a></span><br />There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-10.htm">Revelation 16:10-11</a></span><br />And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish / and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a></span><br />The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-5.htm">Revelation 22:5</a></span><br />There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a></span><br />These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a></span><br />They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/18-5.htm">Job 18:5-6</a></span><br />Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. / The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18</a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26</a></span><br />Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-26.htm">Job 30:26</a></span><br />But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a></span><br />But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.</p><p class="hdg">look</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Isaiah 5:30</a></b></br> And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if <i>one</i> look unto the land, behold darkness <i>and</i> sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a></b></br> Nevertheless the dimness <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> such as <i>was</i> in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict <i>her by</i> the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5,6</a></b></br> And in those times <i>there was</i> no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations <i>were</i> upon all the inhabitants of the countries… </p><p class="hdg">driven to darkness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18</a></b></br> He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/14-32.htm">Proverbs 14:32</a></b></br> The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12</a></b></br> Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery <i>ways</i> in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, <i>even</i> the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-14.htm">Adversity</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Attentively</a> <a href="/songs/5-11.htm">Black</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Dimness</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-15.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-12.htm">Fearful</a> <a href="/psalms/107-14.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Night</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Outspread</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/songs/5-4.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Utter</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/30-20.htm">Adversity</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Attentively</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Black</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Dimness</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-14.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Fearful</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Night</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Outspread</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Utter</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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In the context of Isaiah, the people of Judah were often tempted to rely on political alliances or material resources rather than trusting in God. This reflects a broader biblical theme where reliance on human strength or wisdom is contrasted with faith in God (<a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-6</a>).<p><b>and see only distress and darkness</b><br>The imagery of distress and darkness symbolizes the consequences of turning away from God. Biblically, darkness often represents judgment, sin, and separation from God (<a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a>; <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19</a>). In Isaiah's time, this could refer to the impending Assyrian invasion, which would bring great suffering and turmoil to the land.<p><b>and the gloom of anguish</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the depth of despair and hopelessness that comes from rejecting God's guidance. The "gloom of anguish" suggests a profound emotional and spiritual suffering. This can be seen as a fulfillment of the warnings given by the prophets about the consequences of disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:28-29</a>).<p><b>And they will be driven into utter darkness</b><br>The final outcome of their choices is described as being "driven into utter darkness," indicating a complete and total separation from God's presence and blessings. This can be seen as a type of spiritual death or exile, similar to the exile experienced by Israel and Judah. In the New Testament, darkness is often associated with the absence of Christ, who is the Light of the World (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>). This phrase foreshadows the ultimate judgment and separation from God for those who reject Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's messages to the people of Judah and Jerusalem during a time of political turmoil and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, facing threats from surrounding nations and internal spiritual decay.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>The dominant empire during Isaiah's time, posing a significant threat to Judah and often used as an instrument of God's judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/darkness_and_gloom.htm">Darkness and Gloom</a></b><br>Symbolic of the spiritual and moral state of the people who have turned away from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/anguish.htm">Anguish</a></b><br>Represents the emotional and physical suffering resulting from separation from God and His guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_spiritual_darkness.htm">Recognizing Spiritual Darkness</a></b><br>Understand that spiritual darkness is a result of turning away from God. It manifests in moral decay, confusion, and despair.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_forsaking_god.htm">The Consequences of Forsaking God</a></b><br>Acknowledge that distancing oneself from God leads to distress and anguish, as seen in the historical context of Judah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_the_midst_of_darkness.htm">Hope in the Midst of Darkness</a></b><br>Remember that even in the darkest times, God promises light and redemption through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Embrace the opportunity for repentance and turning back to God to escape the gloom of spiritual darkness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_children_of_light.htm">Living as Children of Light</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to reflect Christ's light in a dark world, offering hope and guidance to others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jesus_sweat_blood_in_luke_22_44.htm">How could Jesus' sweat become 'as great drops of blood' (Luke 22:44) without medical evidence supporting such an extreme condition?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_jesus_conflicted_in_matthew_26_36-46.htm">In Matthew 26:36-46, why does Jesus seem conflicted about His fate if He was fully aware of His divine mission and outcome?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_psalm_88_devoid_of_hope.htm">Why does Psalm 88 present unrelenting despair without any expression of hope, seeming to contradict other passages that emphasize God's deliverance (Psalm 88:1-3)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_suffer_greatly.htm">Why did Jesus endure extensive suffering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They shall look unto the earth.</span> For necessary nutriment, or simply as the place to which downcast and despairing eyes are turned naturally. <span class="cmt_word">They shall be driven to darkness.</span> So Kay, who thinks the Captivity is meant; but it seems better to render the whole passage, with Mr. Cheyne, "They shall look to earth, and behold, distress and darkness, gloom of affliction, and thick darkness driven (upon them)." The darkness is spoken of as if it were a thing palpable, like rain or snow (comp. <a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/8-22.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">Then they will look</span><br /><span class="heb">יַבִּ֑יט</span> <span class="translit">(yab·bîṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5027.htm">Strong's 5027: </a> </span><span class="str2">To scan, look intently at, to regard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<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">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and see</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">only distress</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tightness, a female rival</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and darkness</span><br /><span class="heb">וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·ḥă·šê·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2825.htm">Strong's 2825: </a> </span><span class="str2">Darkness, misery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the gloom</span><br /><span class="heb">מְע֣וּף</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘ūp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4588.htm">Strong's 4588: </a> </span><span class="str2">Darkness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of anguish.</span><br /><span class="heb">צוּקָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣū·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6695.htm">Strong's 6695: </a> </span><span class="str2">Constraint, distress</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And they will be driven</span><br /><span class="heb">מְנֻדָּֽח׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·nud·dāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impel, thrust, banish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into utter darkness.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲפֵלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·p̄ê·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_653.htm">Strong's 653: </a> </span><span class="str2">Duskiness, misfortune, concealment</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 8:22 And look to the earth and see (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 8:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 8:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 9:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:1" /></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>