Isaiah 8:22

“And he will look to the earth, and look, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness he will be thrust.”

Isaiah 8:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 8:22, word by word

And he will lookיַבִּיטyabit

look

Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.

Where else “yabit” appears
to the earthאֶרֶץerets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “erets” appears
distressצָרָהtsara

distress

A time of hardship or danger.

Where else “tsara” appears
and darknessחֲשֵׁכָהchashecha

darkness

Darkness.

Where else “chashecha” appears
the gloomמְעוּףmeuf

gloom, darkness

Gloom, darkness.

Where else “meuf” appears
of anguishצוּקָהtsuka

distress

Distress, anguish; a tight place one cannot get out of.

Where else “tsuka” appears
and into thick darknessאֲפֵלָהafela

thick darkness

Very thick darkness.

Where else “afela” appears
he will be thrustמְנֻדָּחmenudach

banish

To push a people far from their land.

Where else “menudach” appears

The context

21And he will pass through it, hard-pressed and hungry; and it will happen when he is hungry that he will be enraged and curse his king and his Elohim, and turn his face upward.

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