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Isaiah 8

Isa. 8:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Tob 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'}
and to the testimony
t`uwdah (Hebrew #8584)
attestation, i.e. a precept, usage
KJV usage: testimony.
Pronounce: teh-oo-daw'
Origin: from 5749
: if they speak
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
not according to this word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
, it is because there is no ψlight
shachar (Hebrew #7837)
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
KJV usage: day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
Pronounce: shakh'-ar
Origin: from 7836
in them.
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Luke 16:29• 29But Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. (Luke 16:29)
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John 5:39• 39Search the scriptures, for ye think that ye have in them life eternal; and it is they that bear witness about me. (John 5:39)
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morning.

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Law,
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Testimony

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Ministry on This Verse

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the law.
Isa. 8:16• 16Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. (Isa. 8:16)
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Luke 10:26• 26{i}And he said to him,{/i} What is written in the law? how readest thou? (Luke 10:26)
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Luke 16:29‑31• 29But Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them.
 30And he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go unto them they will repent.
 31And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded. (Luke 16:29‑31)
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John 5:39,46‑47• 39Search the scriptures, for ye think that ye have in them life eternal; and it is they that bear witness about me.
 46for if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
 47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? (John 5:39,46‑47)
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Acts 17:11• 11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, being such as received the word with all readiness of mind, day by day examining the scriptures whether these things were so. (Acts 17:11)
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Gal. 3:8‑29• 8And the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, announced beforehand to Abraham: “In thee shall all the nations be blessed.”
 9So that they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of works of law are under curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doth not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them;”
 11but that in virtue of law none is justified with God [is] evident, for “the just by faith shall
 12live;” but the law is not of faith, but he who hath done them shall live in virtue of them.
 13Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”)
 14that unto the nations the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
 15Brethren, I speak according to man: a ratified covenant, though man's, no one setteth aside or supplementeth.
 16But to Abraham were addressed the promises, and to his seed; he doth not say “and to seeds” as of many, but as of one “and to thy seed,” which is Christ.
 17Now this I say: the covenant ratified beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, doth not annul so as to make the promise void.
 18For if the inheritance is of law, it is no more of promise; but to Abraham by promise God graciously gave [it].
 19Why then the law? For the sake of transgressions it was added, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, being ordained by means of angels in a mediator's hand.
 20But the mediator is not of one, but God is one.
 21[Is] therefore the law against the promises of God? Let it not be. For if there had been given a law which could quicken, in very truth by law would have been righteousness.
 22But the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those that believe.
 23But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up unto the faith about to be revealed.
 24So that the law hath been our tutor unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
 25But faith having come, we are no longer under a tutor;
 26for ye all are sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
 27For as many of you as were baptized unto Christ, put on Christ.
 28There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondservant nor freeman, there is no male and female; for all ye are one in Christ Jesus.
 29And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise. (Gal. 3:8‑29)
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Gal. 4:21‑22• 21Tell me, ye who wish to be under law, do ye not hear the law?
 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the freewoman. (Gal. 4:21‑22)
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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• 15and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
 16Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness;
 17that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)
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2 Peter 1:19• 19And we have the prophetic word firmer, to which ye do well in paying heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawn and a morning star arise in your hearts; (2 Peter 1:19)
it is.
Isa. 30:8‑11• 8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
 9For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of Jehovah;
 10that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
 11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us! (Isa. 30:8‑11)
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Psa. 19:7‑8• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple.
 8The precepts of Jehovah [are] right, rejoicing the heart;{HR}The commandment of Jehovah [is] clear, enlightening the eyes. (Psa. 19:7‑8)
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Psa. 119:130• 130The opening of thy words enlighteneth,{HR}Giving understanding to simple ones. (Psa. 119:130)
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Jer. 8:9• 9{i}The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?{/i} (Jer. 8:9)
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Mic. 3:6• 6{i}therefore{/i} {i}ye shall have night without{/i} a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. (Mic. 3:6)
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Matt. 6:23• 23but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness! (Matt. 6:23)
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Matt. 22:29• 29{i}And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.{/i} (Matt. 22:29)
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Mark 7:7‑9• 7But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
 8For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of vessels and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
 9And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe your own tradition. (Mark 7:7‑9)
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Rom. 1:22• 22Professing to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)
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2 Peter 1:9• 9for he with whom they are not present is blind, shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his old sins. (2 Peter 1:9)
light.
Heb. morning.
Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Hos. 6:3• 3{i}And we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.{/i} (Hos. 6:3)
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Mal. 4:2• 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall. (Mal. 4:2)
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2 Peter 1:19• 19And we have the prophetic word firmer, to which ye do well in paying heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawn and a morning star arise in your hearts; (2 Peter 1:19)
• If they did not speak according to that, there would be “no light in them”; or, “for them there is no daybreak.” The principle of all this is more abundantly true for us today, inasmuch as the coming of Christ has so greatly amplified the word and testimony of God, enshrined in the New Testament Scriptures. If men turn from that to the illusive sparks generated by man’s wisdom and achievements, there will be no light in them, and no daybreak for them when Christ returns. (“Isaiah 8” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for themg there is no daybreak.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for him," i.e. for the people. Some read "this word, it is because in it."

W. Kelly Translation

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To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.