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Isaiah 8

Isa. 8:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Bind up
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
the testimony
t`uwdah (Hebrew #8584)
attestation, i.e. a precept, usage
KJV usage: testimony.
Pronounce: teh-oo-daw'
Origin: from 5749
, seal
chatham (Hebrew #2856)
to close up; especially to seal
KJV usage: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
Pronounce: khaw-tham'
Origin: a primitive root
w the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
amongx my disciples
limmuwd (Hebrew #3928)
from 3925; instructed
KJV usage: accustomed, disciple, learned, taught, used.
Pronounce: lim-mood'
Origin: or limmud {lim-mood'}
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Bind up.
the testimony.
Isa. 8:20• 20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. (Isa. 8:20)
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Deut. 4:45• 45{i}these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances that Moses declared to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,{/i} (Deut. 4:45)
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2 Kings 11:12• 12And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. (2 Kings 11:12)
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John 3:32‑33• 32and what he hath seen and heard, this he testifieth; and no one receiveth his testimony.
33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true;
(John 3:32‑33)
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Heb. 3:5• 5And Moses indeed [was] faithful in all his house as an attendant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken, (Heb. 3:5)
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1 John 5:9‑12• 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; because this is the witness of God which he hath witnessed concerning his Son.
10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself; he that believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he hath not believed in the witness which God hath witnessed concerning his Son.
11And this is the witness that God gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
12He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
(1 John 5:9‑12)
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Rev. 19:10• 10And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he saith to me, See {i}thou do it{/i} not: I am fellow-servant of thee and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev. 19:10)
seal.
among.
Isa. 54:13• 13And all thy children [shall be] taught of Jehovah; and great [shall be] the peace of thy children. (Isa. 54:13)
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Psa. 25:14• 14The secret of Jehovah [is] for those who fear him,{HR}And his covenant, to instruct them. (Psa. 25:14)
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Prov. 8:8‑9• 8All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness;{HR}[There is] nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9They [are] all plain to him that understandeth,{HR}And right to them that find knowledge.
(Prov. 8:8‑9)
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Dan. 12:9‑10• 9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
(Dan. 12:9‑10)
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Matt. 13:11• 11{i}And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;{/i} (Matt. 13:11)
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Mark 4:10‑11,34• 10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.
11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given [to know] the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:
34But without a parable he spoke not unto them; and in private he expounded all things to his disciples.
(Mark 4:10‑11,34)
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Mark 10:10• 10{i}And again in the house the disciples asked him concerning this.{/i} (Mark 10:10)
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1 Cor. 2:14• 14But [the] natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he cannot know [them] because they are spiritually examined; (1 Cor. 2:14)
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Rev. 2:17• 17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, I will give him of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth save he that receiveth {i}it{/i}. (Rev. 2:17)
 {v.16-17} Though the mass of the people fall and are broken, as the Lord said in Matthew 21:44, the testimony and the law will not fail, but will be bound up among those who really fear the Lord. Such will wait upon the Lord instead of turning to confederacies with men, and they will look for the appearing of Immanuel. (Isaiah 8 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

W. Kelly Translation

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Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.