Holy Scripture

Isaiah 8:16

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 16, 17.) Join the testimonies, establish the law among my disciples, and I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. The voice of the Lord speaking to the Prophet: because, he said, the Lord has become a stumbling stone and a rock of offense to the two houses of…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

16Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.

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In context

14And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against a stumbling stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

15Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw nigh, and men shall be taken securely.

— Isaiah 8:16 —

17And one shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him.

18Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.

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