Yeshayah 8:15

15 And rabbim (many) among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Yeshayah 8:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 8:15

And many among them
Not all, though the greater part; for Christ was set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, ( Luke 2:34 ) : shall stumble, and fall, and be broken:
stumble at Christ, the stumbling stone; fall by unbelief into other sins and punishment, and be broken in pieces by this stone, ( Matthew 21:44 ) : and be snared, and be taken;
and so die in their sins, and perish eternally. The allusion is to birds being taken in a snare or trap, or with bird lime, and therein or thereby held and detained.

Yeshayah 8:15 In-Context

13 Regard Hashem Tzva’os as kadosh; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.

14 And He shall be for a Mikdash; but for an Even Negef (Stone of Stumbling) and for a Tzur Michshol to both the Batei Yisroel, for a pach (snare) and for a mokesh (trap) to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.

15 And rabbim (many) among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

16 Bind up [to preserve for the future] the te’udah (testimony, i.e. prophetic record such as chapter 6), chatom (seal up) the torah (teaching) among my disciples.

17 And I will wait for Hashem, that hideth His face from the Bais Ya’akov, and I will look [in hope] for Him.