Isa 8:11-14 | 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 ( ; ; , ; 37:1). way of ... people-- their distrust of Jehovah, and the panic which led them and Ahab to seek Assyrian aid.

‏ Isaiah 8:11-14

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 (Jr 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."