Bind up the testimony,.... These are not the words of the prophet, as Kimchi thinks, but of the Lord to the prophet, and are part of that instruction given him, Isa 8:11.
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Isaiah 8:16
Isaiah 8:16
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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