To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
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Gill's Exposition
To the law, and to the testimony,.... Kimchi takes this to be an oath, "by the law, and by the testimony", it is so and so; but Aben Ezra observes there is no instance of this kind in Scripture; it is…
Barnes' Notes
To the law ... - To the revelation which God has given. This is a solemn call of the prophet to try everything by the revealed will of God; see Isa 8:16. If they speak not - If the necromancers -…
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I. The unspeakable privilege which the people of God enjoy in having the oracles of God consigned over to them, and being entrusted with the sacred writings. That they may…
Cambridge Bible
To the law and to the testimony See on Isa 8:8. Apparently an exclamation of the distracted people (see on next clause).
The remainder of the verse, where the construction is very difficult, ought…
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