Isaiah Chapter 8 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 8:11

For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
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BBE Isaiah 8:11

For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,
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DARBY Isaiah 8:11

For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
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KJV Isaiah 8:11

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,
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WBT Isaiah 8:11


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WEB Isaiah 8:11

For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
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YLT Isaiah 8:11

For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 11-16. - 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. Verse 11. - For the Lord. Mr. Cheyne regards this passage as "a short oracle, complete in itself," and entirely unconnected with what has preceded. But the initial ki, "for," is in that case inexplicable. Spake thus to me with a strong hand; literally, with strength of hand - i.e. laying a strong grasp upon him; and, as it were, constraining him to attend (comp. Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14, 22, etc.). That I should not walk in the way of this people. Isaiah was bidden not to "follow a multitude to evil" (Exodus 23:2). 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) For the Lord spake thus to me.--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 (1Kings 18:46; 2Kings 3:15; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 3:22; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 37:1). Something had occurred which brought the prophet into a state like that of St. Paul in Acts 17:16; Acts 18:5. 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. . . .