Isaiah 8:13
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Isaiah 8:13 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded. |
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| WEB | The LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread. |
| ASV | Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. |
| YLT | Jehovah of Hosts--Him ye do sanctify, And He is your Fear, and He your Dread, |
| DARBY | Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. |
| BBE | But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him. |
| Webster | Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. |
What does Isaiah 8:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 8:12-16
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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 8:9-16
The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man. If we thought rightly of the greatness and glory of God, we should see all the power of our enemies restrained. The…
Isaiah 8:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 8:13
- Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
- Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
- Revelation 15:4
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Psalms 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Malachi 2:5
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
- Numbers 20:12-13
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.
- Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
- Isaiah 29:23
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
- Numbers 27:14
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Romans 4:20
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
- Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
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Context
- 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.
- Isaiah 8:13
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
- Isaiah 8:14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 8:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A Jehová de los ejércitos, á él santificad: sea él vuestro temor, y él sea vuestro miedo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | l’ Éternel des armées, lui, sanctifiez-le, et que lui soit votre crainte, et lui, votre frayeur; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova der Heerscharen, den sollt ihr heiligen; und er sei eure Furcht, und er sei euer Schrecken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dominum exercituum ipsum sanctificate; ipse pavor vester, et ipse terror vester: |