20 To the [a]Law, and to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word: it is because there is no [b]light in them.

21 Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and fro in [c]it: and when he shall be hungry, he shall even fret himself, [d]and curse his king and his gods, and shall look upward.

22 And when he shall look to the earth, behold trouble, and [e]darkness, vexation, and anguish, and he is driven to darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:20 Seek remedy in the word of God, where his will is declared.
  2. Isaiah 8:20 They have no knowledge, but are blind leaders of the blind.
  3. Isaiah 8:21 That is, in Judah, where they should have had rest, if they had not thus grievously offended God.
  4. Isaiah 8:21 In whom afore they put their trust.
  5. Isaiah 8:22 They shall think that heaven and earth and all creatures are bent against them to trouble them.

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