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Selected Verse: Isaiah 8:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 8:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And many [07227] among them shall stumble [03782], and fall [05307], and be broken [07665], and be snared [03369], and be taken [03920]. |
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King James |
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| stumble . . . taken--images from the means used in taking wild animals. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| And many among them - Many by the invasion under the Assyrian. Many were taken captive; many killed. and many were carried to Babylon. The repetition here of so many expressions so nearly synonymous is emphatic, and shows that it would be certainly done. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Many - Not all; for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold, Isa 4:2, Isa 6:13. Stumble - At that stone or rock, mentioned, Isa 8:14. This was accomplished at the coming of the Messiah, whom the Jews rejected to their own destruction. |
14 And he shall be for a sanctuary [04720]; but for a stone [068] of stumbling [05063] and for a rock [06697] of offence [04383] to both [08147] the houses [01004] of Israel [03478], for a gin [06341] and for a snare [04170] to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].
13 But yet in it shall be a tenth [06224], and it shall return [07725], and shall be eaten [01197]: as a teil tree [0424], and as an oak [0437], whose substance [04678] is in them, when they cast [07995] their leaves: so the holy [06944] seed [02233] shall be the substance [04678] thereof.
2 In that day [03117] shall the branch [06780] of the LORD [03068] be beautiful [06643] and glorious [03519], and the fruit [06529] of the earth [0776] shall be excellent [01347] and comely for [08597] them that are escaped [06413] of Israel [03478].