Isaiah 8:11 “For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instruc…”

Isaiah 8:11

For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

World English Bible

For the LORD spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

American Standard Version

For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,

Darby Translation

For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Young's Literal Translation

For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

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Cross references

“with a strong hand”

Ezekiel 3:14 Jeremiah 20:7 Jeremiah 20:9 Acts 4:20

Ezekiel 3:14 · BSB

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

Jeremiah 20:7 · BSB

You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:9 · BSB

If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Acts 4:20 · BSB

For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

“instructed”

Proverbs 1:15 Psalm 32:8 Jeremiah 15:19 Ezekiel 2:6–8

Proverbs 1:15 · BSB

my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

Psalm 32:8 · BSB

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

Jeremiah 15:19 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to y…

Ezekiel 2:6–8 · BSB

But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us. ”

12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

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