Isaiah 8:20

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the law ... - To the revelation which God has given. This is a solemn call of the prophet to try everything by the revealed will of God; see...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

To the (y) law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no (z) light in them. (y) Seek remedy in t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:19 to Isaiah 9:1 . Some Fragmentary Utterances. These fragments are of uncertain date and authorship, corrupt in text and obscure in se...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

there is no light in them . there shall be no morning for them. All are in darkness who do not speak by and appeal to the revealed Word of God.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. To the law and testimony. There are indeed various ways of explaining this passage. Some think that it is the form of an oath, as if the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. To the law and to the testimo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when they shall say— Here follows the address of the prophet to the Jewish nation, drawn from the argument of the preceding prophesy,—to the fi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. To the law and to the tes...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Take, etc.] read 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.' A man's pen ] i.e. such as a commo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The law.. the testimony ] i.e. Isaiah's own teaching, which, by his direction, had been written down and carefully preserved ( Isaiah 8:16 ). If t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To the law and to the testimony . — The words are only remotely and by analogy an exhortation to the study of Scripture in general, or even to that...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8 , 9: Isaiah 7:1-8 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7)...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Prince of Peace Isaiah 8:19-22 ; Isaiah 9:1-7 When men cease to trust in God and rely on the help of man, they often turn to necromancy an...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this section we have the account of how the prophet turns from his more public ministry to devote himself to a small circle of believing souls. Th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not think it needful to detain the Reader with long observations on this part of the chapter. The advice here given is to the same amount as the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To the law, and to the testimony ,.... Kimchi takes this to be an oath, "by the law, and by the testimony", it is so and so; but Aben Ezra observes...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them. Ver. 20. To the law and to...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To the law and to the testimony Let this dispute between you and them be determined by God's word, which is here, and in many other places, called...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Importance of the Scriptures. B. C. 740....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To the law and to the testimony; let this dispute between you and them be determined by God's word, which is here and in many other places called...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Must Now Make Their Choice Between the Occult and the Word of Yahweh ( Isaiah 8:19-20 ). It may be that like Saul before him ( 1 Samuel...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

NECROMANCY Isaiah 8:19-22 . Seek unto them, &c. As bearing upon the doctrine of necromancy, an exhaustive discussion of these verses would i...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY Isaiah 8:20 . To the law and to the testimony, &c. This was one of the watchwords of the Reformation, and since th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 8:1 . Take thee a great roll. Lowth reads, a large mirror. The Chaldaic has scripturam claram, a fair writing, which might be on a polish...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits Wizards Wizards and “they that have familiar spirits,” are what we...
The Biblical Illustrator

To the law and to the testimony The written Word of God the only standard of truth I. CONSIDER THE PRINCIPLE LAID DOWN IN THE TEXT, namely, tha...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 8:1-23 THE SIGN OF MAHER - SHALAL - HASH - BAZ . The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against False Testimony
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

To the Law and to the testimony! Turn to the Word and the promises of the Lord alone; trust in His Gospel, in the glorious assurance of salvation con...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To the law — Let this dispute between you and them be determined by God's word, which is here and in many other places called the law, to signify t...

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

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 8:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 8:20