Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isaiah — Isaiah — Scripture, Old Testament.
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Note, It is a great instance of God's care of his church and love to it that he has lodged in it the invaluable treasure of divine revelation. It is a testimony and a law; not only this prophecy is so, which must therefore be preserved safely for the comfort of God's people in the approaching times of trouble and distress, but the whole word of God is so;
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The words of Jehovah. confederacy--rather, a conspiracy; an appropriate term for the unnatural combination of Israel with Syrian foreigners against Judea and the theocracy, to which the former was bound by ties of blood and hereditary religion [MAURER]. to all . . . say--rather, of all which this people calleth a conspiracy [G.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
"The words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end"; but Re 22:10, "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy . . . for the time is at hand" (compare Re 5:1, 5, 9), testimony--attested by Uriah and Zechariah (Isa 8:2). law--the revelation just given, having the force of a law. disciples--not as MAURER, Uriah and Zechariah (compare Joh 7:17;
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
The testimony - By the testimony and the law or doctrine, he understands one and the same thing, as he doth also, ver. 20, the word of God, and especially that which is the main scope thereof, the doctrine of the Messiah, which, though now professed by all the Israelites, shall be disowned by the generality of them, when the Messiah shall come.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
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But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
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