NET Bible
"When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land."
— Isaiah 8:22, NET Bible
“And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. ”
“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. ”
“and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.”
“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. ”
Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives They will say to you,“Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”
Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.