Isa 8:22 | NETfull | STEP | When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

Isaiah 8:22

22 When one looks out over the land, he sees ^{▼▼ Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).} distress and darkness, gloom ^{▼▼ The precise meaning of מְעוּף (m^e’uf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף.} and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. ^{▼▼ Heb “ and darkness, pushed.” The word מְנֻדָּח (m^enudakh) appears to be a Pual participle from נדח (“push”), but the Piel is unattested for this verb and the Pual occurs only here.}