Isaiah 8:11

11 haec enim ait Dominus ad me sicut in forti manu erudivit me ne irem in via populi huius dicens

Isaiah 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 8:11

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 ) ( 3:14 ) : or, "the Lord spake thus to me, when he took (me) by the hand" F20; 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:


FOOTNOTES:

F20 (dyh tqzxb) "apprehensione manus", Piscator; "cum manu me apprehenderit", Tigurine version.

Isaiah 8:11 In-Context

9 congregamini populi et vincimini et audite universae procul terrae confortamini et vincimini accingite vos et vincimini
10 inite consilium et dissipabitur loquimini verbum et non fiet quia nobiscum Deus
11 haec enim ait Dominus ad me sicut in forti manu erudivit me ne irem in via populi huius dicens
12 non dicatis coniuratio omnia enim quae loquitur populus iste coniuratio est et timorem eius ne timeatis neque paveatis
13 Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate ipse pavor vester et ipse terror vester
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