Isaiah 8:22 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

BSB

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ASV

and they shall look unto the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

KJV

And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 19 and following) And when they say to you, seek from the Pythons and the diviners, who make their enchantments, whether not the people seeks from their God for the living from the dead? To the law more and to the testimony. If they do not speak according to this word, it will not be morning light for them. And they will pass through it: they will fall down and be hungry: and when they are hungry, they will become angry and curse their king and their God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The foolishness of man perverts his way, and then his heart frets against the Lord, Prov. xix. See what need we have to keep our mouth as with a bridle when our heart is hot within us; for the language of fretfulness is commonly very offensive. [4.] They shall abandon themselves to despair, and, which way soever they look, shall see no probability of relief.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And they shall look unto the earth - They would look upward and find no relief, and then in despair cast their eyes to the earth to obtain help there. Yet equally in vain. The whole image is one of intense anguish brought on the nation for leaving the counselor the true God. And behold ... - see the note at Isa 5:30. Trouble - Anguish, oppression, צרה tsârâh, from צור tsûr, to oppress, to straiten, to afflict. This is a remarkable instance of the prophet Isaiah’s manner - of a rapid, impetuous, and bold style of utterance.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
אֶ֖רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
יַבִּ֑יט	ya.Bit	it will look	H5027 →
וְהִנֵּ֨ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
צָרָ֤ה	tza.Rah	trouble	H6869 →
וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙	va.cha.she.Khah	and darkness	H2825 →
מְע֣וּף	me.'Uf	gloom of	H4588 →
צוּקָ֔ה	tzu.Kah	distress	H6695 →
וַאֲפֵלָ֖ה	va.'a.fe.Lah	and gloom	H653 →
מְנֻדָּֽח׃	me.nu.Dach	[it is] thrust out	H5080 →

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
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
leads to
- Matthew 25:30
  And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 13:50
  and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 24:51
  Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 13:28
  There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
- Matthew 21:43
  Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Through
Matthew 22:13
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
leads to
- Matthew 8:12
  But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Through
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:9
  Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Proverbs 4:19
  But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.