Isaiah 8
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1Then the LORD said to me, "Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.1Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
2"And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."2I have appointed trustworthy witnesses--Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah."
3So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz;3I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, "Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
4for before the boy knows how to cry out 'My father ' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."4for before the boy knows how to call out father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria."
5Again the LORD spoke to me further, saying,5The LORD spoke to me again:
6"Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;6Because these people rejected the slowly flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7"Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates, Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.7the Lord will certainly bring against them the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River-- the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will overflow its channels and spill over all its banks.
8"Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach even to the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.8It will pour into Judah, flood over it, and sweep through, reaching up to the neck; and its spreading streams will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
9"Be broken, O peoples, and be shattered; And give ear, all remote places of the earth. Gird yourselves, yet be shattered; Gird yourselves, yet be shattered.9Band together, peoples, and be broken; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for war, and be broken; prepare for war, and be broken.
10"Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; State a proposal, but it will not stand, For God is with us."10Devise a plan; it will fail. Make a prediction; it will not happen. For God is with us.
11For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,11For this is what the LORD said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:
12"You are not to say, 'It is a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.12Do not call everything an alliance these people say is an alliance. Do not fear what they fear; do not be terrified.
13"It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.13You are to regard only the LORD of Hosts as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be held in awe.
14"Then He shall become a sanctuary; But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.14He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, He will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15"Many will stumble over them, Then they will fall and be broken; They will even be snared and caught."15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be snared and captured.
16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.16Bind up the testimony. Seal up the instruction among my disciples.
17And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for Him.
18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.18Here I am with the children the LORD has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.
19When they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?19When they say to you, "Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter," shouldn't a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
21They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.21They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
22Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.22They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.
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