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Isaiah 8:22

Discouragement and depression

20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

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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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
WEB
then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
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.
DARBY
and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness.
BLB
and will look to the earth, and behold—distress and darkness, gloom of anguish, and he will be driven away [into] the dark.
ÅB
og de skal se ned mot jorden, men se, det er trengsel og mørke, angstfullt mørke; de er støtt ut i natten.
[^1]: snart bytte, rov i hast; JES 8, 1.
[^2]: Eufrats.
[^3]: Immanuel; JES 7, 7. 14; 8, 8.
[^4]: JES 58, 8.
OTB
Da skal de se til jorden og bare se nød og mørke, angstens skygger; og de skal bli kastet inn i dypeste mørke.
B1930
og de skal se ned mot jorden, men se, det er trengsel og mørke, angstfullt mørke; de er støtt ut i natten.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:30

    And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

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  • Matthew 8:12

    But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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  • Matthew 22:13

    Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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  • Jeremiah 13:16

    Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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  • Jeremiah 30:6–7

    Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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  • Jude 1:13

    Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

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  • Job 18:18

    He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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