Isaiah 8:13

13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.

Isaiah 8:13 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
English Standard Version (ESV)
13 But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
New Living Translation (NLT)
13 Make the LORD of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble.
The Message Bible (MSG)
13 If you're going to worry, worry about The Holy. Fear God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
American Standard Version (ASV)
13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
13 Remember that the LORD of Armies is holy. He is the one you should fear and the one you should be terrified of.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
13 You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be held in awe.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
13 I am the LORD who rules over all. You must think about me as holy. You must have respect for me. You must fear me.

Isaiah 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 8:13

Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself
Christ, Immanuel, God with us, the Lord of the armies above and below, of angels and of men, God over all, the true Jehovah, who is sanctified by his people, when they declare him to be so; as the Targum paraphrases it,

``the Lord of hosts, him shall ye say is holy;''
for they cannot make him so, nor can he receive any holiness from them, nor does he need any; but they celebrate the perfection of his holiness, and ascribe it to him; yea, they sanctify him, by ascribing their holiness to him; by looking to him as their sanctification, and by deriving and expecting every degree and measure of holiness from him, to complete theirs; by exercising faith upon him, and showing a regard to his commands and ordinances: and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread;
that is, the object of fear and dread; not of a servile fear and dread, but of a holy reverence and godly fear; such a fear as is the grace of the covenant, which flows from the goodness of God, and has that for its object, and is influenced by it; see ( Hosea 3:5 ) where the same Lord, Messiah, David the king, is meant, as here. See ( 1 Peter 3:15 ) .

Isaiah 8:13 In-Context

11 This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
12 “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.
14 He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.
15 Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”

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