isaiah 8:12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. - Free Bible Online

isaiah 8:12 "You are not to say, '[It is] a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of [it].


      12-16. The words of Jehovah.
      confederacy--rather, a conspiracy; an appropriate term for the unnatural combination of Israel with Syrian foreigners against Judea and the theocracy, to which the former was bound by ties of blood and hereditary religion [MAURER].
      to all . . . say--rather, of all which this people calleth a conspiracy [G. V. SMITH].
      their fear--namely, object of fear: the hostile conspiracy.
      be afraid--rather [MAURER], "nor make others to be afraid."

JFB.


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