Isaiah 8:22

22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

Isaiah 8:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
ESV
22 And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.
NLT
22 and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.
MSG
22 up, down, and sideways - and seeing nothing, A blank wall, an empty hole. They end up in the dark with nothing.
CSB
22 They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

Isaiah 8:22 In-Context

20 Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Job 15:24
  • 2. S ver 20; S Job 3:13; S Isaiah 5:30; S Joel 2:2; Matthew 25:30; Revelation 16:10
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