Isa 8:11-12 | JFB | STEP | 11. with a strong hand —or else, "when He grasped me with His hand" [HORSLEY ]. MAURER , as English Version, "with the impetus of His hand," that is, the felt impulse of His inspiration in my mind ( ). way of . . . people —their distrust of Jehovah, and the panic which led them and Ahab to seek Assyrian aid.

Isaiah 8:11-12

11. with a strong hand—or else, "when He grasped me with His hand" [HORSLEY]. MAURER, as English Version, "with the impetus of His hand," that is, the felt impulse of His inspiration in my mind (Jer 15:17; Eze 1:3; 3:14, 22; 37:1).

way of . . . people—their distrust of Jehovah, and the panic which led them and Ahab to seek Assyrian aid.

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 afraid—rather [MAURER], "nor make others to be afraid."