Isaiah 8:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:12

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.

KJV

Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Say ye not, A confederacy “Say ye not, It is holy” - קשר kesher. Both the reading and the sense of this word are doubtful. The Septuagint manifestly read קשה kashah; for they render it by σκληρον, hard. The Syriac and Chaldee render it מרדא merda, and מרוד dn merod, rebellion. How they came by this sense of the word, or what they read in their copies, is not so clear. But the worst of it is, that neither of these readings or renderings gives any clear sense in this place.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תֹאמְר֣וּן	tom.Run	you must say !	H559 →
קֶ֔שֶׁר	Ke.sher	conspiracy	H7195 →
לְכֹ֧ל	le.Khol	of all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
יֹאמַ֛ר	yo.Mar	it is saying	H559 →
הָעָ֥ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
הַזֶּ֖ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
קָ֑שֶׁר	Ka.sher	conspiracy	H7195 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
מוֹרָא֥וֹ	mo.ra.'O	fear its	H4172 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִֽירְא֖וּ	ti.re.'U	you must fear	H3372 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃	ta.'a.Ri.tzu	you must regard with awe	H6206 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 21:9
When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
leads to
- Luke 21:28
  When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
- Matthew 24:6–8
  You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
- Mark 13:7–8
  When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
Through
Psalms 53:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:1
  The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Leviticus 26:36
  As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
- Jeremiah 6:30
  They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
- Psalms 141:7
  As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- Ezekiel 6:5
  I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.