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To the law and to the testimony! if they don`t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
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God's Word is the Test
All commentators agree that 'the law and to the testimony' establishes God's revealed Word as the ultimate and final standard for truth. Isaiah urges believers to measure every teaching, spiritual claim, and prophecy against Scripture. Any message that fails this test must be rejected as false.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the law ... - To the revelation which God has given. This is a solemn call of the prophet to test everything by the revealed will of God;…
19th Century
Anglican
To the law and to the testimony.—These words are only remotely and by analogy an exhortation to the study of Scripture in…
16th Century
Protestant
To the law and testimony. There are indeed various ways of explaining this passage. Some think that it is the form of an oath, as if the P…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To the law, and to the testimony Kimchi takes this to be an oath, "by the law, and by the testimony", it is so and so; bu…
The prophet foresaw that the Lord would hide His face; but he looked for His return to favor them again. Though not miraculous signs, the children'…
13th Century
Catholic
And he will be. Here the author presents the fruit of obedience: sanctification to you. I will make you h…
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