Isaiah 8:15
13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
14 And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
16 Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
- KJV
- And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- WEB
- Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
- ASV
- And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
- DARBY
- And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
- BLB
- And many will stumble over them, and they will fall and be broken and be snared and captured.”
- ÅB
- Og mange blant dem skal snuble, og de skal falle og skamslå seg, og de skal snares og fanges.
- OTB
- Mange skal snuble over den, falle og bli brutt, bli fanget og tatt.»
- B1930
- Og mange blandt dem skal snuble, og de skal falle og skamslå sig, og de skal snares og fanges.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Read in contextIsaiah 28:13
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
Read in contextLuke 20:17–18
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
Read in contextRomans 9:32
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Read in contextMatthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Read in contextJohn 6:66
From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:10
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
Read in contextMatthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
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