King James Version
Isaiah 8:18 in the King James Version says “Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, w...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.”
Isaiah 8:18 · KJV
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. no: Heb. no morning
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“from the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“me are for signs”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
“in Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“from the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“of hosts”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
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