American Standard Version
"and they shall look unto the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away. "
— Isaiah 8:22, American Standard Version
“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. ”
“and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.”
“When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.”
“And they shall look to the earth, and behold trouble and darkness, weakness and distress, and a mist following them, and they cannot fly away from their distress. ”
“And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.”
“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. ”
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?
To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
and they shall look unto the earth, and, behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.