Isaiah 8:22
then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מָעוּףmâʻûwphdarkness
- צוֹקtsôwqa strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress
- חֲשֵׁכָהchăshêkâhdarkness; figuratively, misery
- נָדַחnâdachto push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel
- צָרָהtsârâhtightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
- נָבַטnâbaṭto scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 5:30, Jer 13:16, Mat 22:13, Mat 8:12, Job 18:18, Jer 30:6–7, Zep 1:14–15, Pro 14:32