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Isaiah 8:11
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For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:
For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
For so the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
The Lord spoke to me with his great power and warned me not to follow the lead of the rest of the people. He said,
For in this way the LORD spoke to me with His strong hand [upon me] and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people [behaving as they do], saying,
For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
For the Lorde spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,
For thus Yahweh spoke to me with a strong hand and disciplined me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
For this is what the LORD spoke to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
The Lord took hold of me with his powerful hand and said: I'm warning you! Don't act like these people.
For this is what Adonai said to me, speaking with a strong hand, warning me not to live the way this people does:
For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
The Lord spoke to me with his great power and warned me not to be like these people. He said,
For the LORD spoke thus to me, as he held me and led me aside that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
For Yahweh said this to me while his hand weighed heavily on me, and he warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
For so Jehovah spoke to me with a strong hand, and taught me against walking in the way of this people, saying,
For the LORDE chastised me, and toke me by ye honde, and warned me, sayenge vnto me: that I shulde not walcke in the waye of this people. He sayde morouer:
For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,
For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,
For the Lorde spake thus to me in a mightie prophesie, and warned me that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying:
Thus saith the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
For whi the Lord seith these thingis to me, as he tauyte me in a stronge hond, that Y schulde not go in to the weie of this puple,
For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he turned me away [so as] not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:
For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,
For the Lord said this to me with great power, and told me not to walk in the way of these people. He said,
For the Lord spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
For, thus, spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand, - when he admonished me, not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,
God spoke strongly to me, grabbed me with both hands and warned me not to go along with this people. He said: "Don't be like this people, always afraid somebody is plotting against them. Don't fear what they fear. Don't take on their worries. If you're going to worry, worry about The Holy. Fear God -of-the-Angel-Armies. The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way, The Rock standing in the willful way of both houses of Israel, A barbed-wire Fence preventing trespass to the citizens of Jerusalem. Many of them are going to run into that Rock and get their bones broken, Get tangled up in that barbed wire and not get free of it."
For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
with a strong hand: Heb. in strength of hand, Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:9, Ezekiel 3:14, Acts 4:20
instructed: Psalms 32:8, Proverbs 1:15, Jeremiah 15:19, Ezekiel 2:6-8
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:46 - the hand Job 27:11 - teach Isaiah 7:4 - fear not Philippians 3:18 - many Philippians 4:12 - I am
Cross-References
Then he waited another seven days and sent out the dove once more; this time it did not come back.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
So they gave the following instructions and sent them all through Jerusalem and the other cities and towns: "Go out to the hills and get branches from pines, olives, myrtles, palms, and other trees to make shelters according to the instructions written in the Law."
And how can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, "How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand,.... In the strength of prophecy, as the Targum explains it; and so all the Jews' interpreters understand it of prophecy, as in Ezekiel 1:3: or, "the Lord spake thus to me, when he took (me) by the hand" t; as parents or masters take hold of the hands of children, while they are advising and instructing them, as expressive of their great affection for them; and when they would retain them with them, or restrain them from doing amiss:
and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people: or join with them in desiring and seeking for the help of the king of Assyria, against Rezin and Remaliah's son; or in being willing to surrender up into their hands:
saying; as follows:
t בחזקת היד "apprehensione manus", Piscator; "cum manu me apprehenderit", Tigurine version.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the Lord spake thus - Spake that which immediately follows in the next verse. Warned him not to Unite in the alliance with foreign kingdoms which the nation was about forming.
With a strong hand - Margin, ‘With strength of hand.’ That is, when the hand of God urged me. A strong prophetic impulse is often represented as being produced by God’s laying his hand on the prophet; or by his being thus, as it were, urged or impelled to it; Ezekiel 3:14 : ‘The hand of Jehovah was strong upon me;’ 2 Kings 3:15 : ‘And it came to pass, that when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him;’ Jeremiah 20:7 : ‘O Lord, thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed;’ see also Ecclesiastes 2:24; 1 Kings 18:46; 2 Kings 3:15; Ezekiel 33:22; Ezekiel 40:1; compare the Introduction, section 7. 11. (3.) The meaning is, that the prophet was strongly, and almost irresistibly, urged by the divine influence, to say what he was about to say.
That I should not walk ... - That I should not approve, and fall in with the design of Ahaz, and of the nation, in calling in the aid of the Assyrian armies.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 8:11. With a strong hand - "As taking me by the hand"] Eleven MSS., (two ancient,) of Kennicott's, thirty-four of De Rossi's, and seven editions, read כחזקת kechezkath; and so Symmachus, the Syriac, and Vulgate. Or rather with a strong hand, that is, with a strong and powerful influence of the prophetic Spirit.
