Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

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Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

This chapter in the commentary

1 Nephi 6 — The Editorial Manifesto and the Curated Word
2 Nephi 7 — Isaiah 50 — The Bill of Divorcement, the Smitten Cheek, and the Face Set Like a Flint
2 Nephi 11 — My Soul Delighteth — Nephi's Preface to the Isaiah Block
2 Nephi 15 — Isaiah 5 — The Song of the Vineyard, the Six Woes, the Ensign to the Nations
2 Nephi 17 — Isaiah 7 — The Sign of Immanuel and the Trembling House of David
2 Nephi 18 — Isaiah 8 — Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, the Sanctuary and the Stone of Stumbling, To the Law and to the Testimony
2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names
2 Nephi 22 — Isaiah 12 — The Song of Salvation, the Wells of Yeshua, and Zion's Inhabitant Shouting
2 Nephi 27 — Isaiah 29 Expanded — The Sealed Book, the Learned Man, the Three Witnesses, the Marvelous Work
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
Alma 4 — Pride Enters the Church — Inequality at Zarahemla, Alma Yields the Judgment-Seat to Nephihah, and the Decision to Go Forth in Pure Testimony
Alma 45 — Taken Up, Even as Moses — Alma's Last Prophecy and Helaman's Charge
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Jacob 7 — Sherem the Anti-Christ — Jacob's Final Confrontation, the Sign Demanded, and the Wandering People
Doctrine and Covenants 109 — The Kirtland Temple Dedicatory Prayer
1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven
2 Kings 16 — The Copied Altar — Ahaz Gives His Son to the Fire, Buys an Empire with the Temple's Treasure, Orders the Pattern of Damascus from a Compliant Priest, and Refuses the Sign of Immanuel
2 Kings 21 — The Wiped Dish and the Untold Prayer — Manasseh Unbuilds His Father's Reformation, Fills Jerusalem with Innocent Blood, Hears the Sentence That Dooms the Kingdom, and Finds a Mercy the Book of Kings Never Mentions
Psalms 1 — The Two Ways — The Blessed Man, the Tree by the Water, the Chaff on the Wind, and the Doorway into the Psalter

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Isaiah 8:20 in context.