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Isaiah 8:9

Isaiah 8:9
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Associate yourselves, O ye people,.... Both of Syria and Israel, whose two kings were confederate against Judah:

and ye shall be broken in pieces; as the kingdom of Syria was by Tilgathpilneser…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Associate yourselves - In the previous verses the prophet had seen the Assyrian coming up on the land like an overwhelming flood. He looked upon the danger, and his mind was turned to the pledge of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 8:9-15

The prophet here returns to speak of the present distress that Ahaz and his court and kingdom were in upon account of the threatening confederacy of the ten tribes and the Syrians against them. And in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 8:9-10

The challenge of faith to the combined nations of the world. Cf. Psa 2:1-6.