Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
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Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
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And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Isaiah 8:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
- Isaiah 28:13 Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.
- Luke 20:17-18 But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone?’ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
- Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
- Matthew 11:6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
- Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
- John 6:66 At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- Romans 9:32 Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
- 1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and…
Isa 8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Ver. 15. And many among them shall stumble and fall.] So may God’s elect, but not so as to be broken, because they cannot fall below a supporting hand of God. {Psa 37:24} Utter prolapsion cannot possibly befall them.
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And be broken, and snared, and taken.] The Septuagint here add of their own, And men shall be taken that are in a supposed safety, living as if they were out of the reach of God’s rod.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Many among them; not all, for there shall be…
Many among them; not all, for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold, Isa 4:2; 5:13.
Shall stumble at that stone or rock, mentioned Isa 8:14. This was accomplished at the coming of the Messias, whom the Jews rejected to their own destruction.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And many among them,.... Not all, though the greater…
And many among them,.... Not all, though the greater part; for Christ was set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, Luk 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, Mat 21:44,
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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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Many - Not all; for there shall be a…
Many - Not all; for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold, chap. iv, 2; vi, 13. Stumble - At that stone or rock, mentioned, ver. viii, 14. This was accomplished at the coming of the Messiah, whom the Jews rejected to their own destruction.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And many among them - Many by the invasion…
And many among them - Many by the invasion under the Assyrian. Many were taken captive; many killed. and many were carried to Babylon. The repetition here of so many expressions so nearly synonymous is emphatic, and shows that it would be certainly done.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain stumble . . . taken--images from the means used…
stumble . . . taken--images from the means used in taking wild animals.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. many among them] Not all; a “Remnant shall…
15. many among them] Not all; a “Remnant shall turn” and be saved: how, is more fully shewn in the next verses. The expressions of this verse are reproduced with little variation in ch. Isa_28:13. They are frequently alluded to in the N.T. (Luk_2:34; Mat_21:44 : Rom_9:33).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) And many among them shall stumble, and fall…
(15) And many among them shall stumble, and fall . . .—The accumulation of words more or less synonymous has obviously, as before, the emphasis of iteration. Possibly for the prophet and his disciples, each word had a distinct ethical significance, which we can only partially recover. Looking to the figure implied in Isa_8:14, they seem to describe the several stages of the capture of the animal for whom the trap has been laid. It first stumbles, then falls into the pit, and breaks its limbs, then is fastened in the trap, and is powerless to escape.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Many among them (so the Vulgate, Ewald, Delitzsch, and…
Many among them (so the Vulgate, Ewald, Delitzsch, and Knobel). But most others translate, "Many shall stumble thereon,i.e. on the stone and the rock (Rosenm Gesenius, Vance Smith, Kay, Cheyne). Fall, and be broken. The effect of stumbling against a stone. (Mat_21:44 Luk_20:18) Be snared, and be taken. The effect of being caught in a gin. (Psa_9:15, Psa_9:16)
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