Isaiah 30:8

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“Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.”

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BSBPD

“Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 30:8 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 24:14Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”
  2. Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
  3. Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
  4. Deuteronomy 31:22So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
  5. Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
  6. Job 19:23I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
  7. Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  8. Isaiah 8:1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
  9. Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
  10. Jeremiah 36:2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
  11. Jeremiah 36:4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
  12. Jeremiah 36:28“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
  13. Jeremiah 48:47Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
  14. Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
  15. Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
  16. Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
  17. Habakkuk 2:2Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
  18. 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
  19. 2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
  20. Jude 1:18when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

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