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,
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
- BSB 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:
- NKJV For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
- NASB For so the Lord spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
- NLT The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,
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Quick answer
God strongly warns Isaiah not to follow the fearful, faithless path of the people around him.
Overview
With a "strong hand," God presses Isaiah to think and live differently from his unbelieving generation. The prophet must not share their political panic or their idolatrous fears. The verse calls God's faithful ones to a holy nonconformity rooted in trusting the Lord rather than the crowd.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ezek 3:14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
- Prov 1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
- Ps 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Jer 20:9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
- Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
- Jer 15:19Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
- Jer 20:7O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
- Ezek 2:6–8And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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