Isaiah 8:16
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.
15 Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
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.
18 Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
- KJV
- Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
- WEB
- Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.
- ASV
- Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
- DARBY
- Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
- BLB
- Bind up the testimony, [and] seal the law among my disciples.
- ÅB
- Bind vitnesbyrdet inn, forsegl ordet i mine disipler!
- OTB
- Bind opp vitnesbyrdet og forsegl loven blant mine disipler.
- B1930
- Bind vidnesbyrdet inn, forsegl ordet i mine disipler!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
Read in contextHebrews 3:5
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
Read in contextRevelation 19:10
So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Read in contextMark 4:10–11
As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Read in contextMatthew 13:11
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Read in contextIsaiah 29:11–12
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
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