Isaiah 8:20

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Summary

Isaiah 8:20

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

It is

Light

General references

Bible References

It is

No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple,

The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple.

Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;

Light

And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'

And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts;

General references

'Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.'

And have cut off sorcerers out of thy hand, And observers of clouds thou hast none.

for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

And he said unto him, 'In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'