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God Preserves His Word
The command to "bind up the testimony" and "seal the law" is a divine instruction to carefully preserve God's prophetic message. Commentators explain this like closing and sealing a valuable scroll for safekeeping and authentication. It shows that even when God's word is rejected by the majority, He ensures its truth is protected for future generations and for His faithful followers.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 8:16
18th Century
Theologian
Bind up - This expression is applicable to a volume or roll of writing. Up to this point, the prophet seems to have had the roll opened, whi…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 8:16
19th Century
Bishop
Bind up the testimony ... —The intensity of feeling in which the prophetic utterance of Isaiah 8:11-15 had its birth is followed b…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 8:16
16th Century
Theologian
Bind up the testimony. The Lord now turns His discourse to the prophet, encouraging him to carry out his office with boldness and persever…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 8:16
17th Century
Pastor
Bind up the testimony These are not the words of the prophet, as Kimchi thinks, but of the Lord to the prophet, and are p…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 8:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and they themselves would be broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time…