Isaiah 9:8
Good News Translation
The Lord has pronounced judgment on the kingdom of Israel, on the descendants of Jacob.

New Revised Standard Version
The Lord sent a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel;

Contemporary English Version
The Lord had warned the people of Israel,

New American Bible
The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it falls upon Israel;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

sent a word

Isaiah 7:7,8 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be. . . .

Isaiah 8:4-8 For before the child know to call his father and his mother, the strength of Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of the Assyrians. . . .

Micah 1:1-9 And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts? . . .

Zechariah 1:6 But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us.

Zechariah 5:1-4 And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying. . . .

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.

Context
Judgment Against Israel's Pride
8The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.9And all the people of Ephraim shall know, and the inhabitants of Samaria that say in the pride and haughtiness of their heart:…
Cross References
Isaiah 9:7
His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 9:9
And all the people of Ephraim shall know, and the inhabitants of Samaria that say in the pride and haughtiness of their heart:

Isaiah 9:7
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