Isaiah 8

Damascus and Samaria Fall

1Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it #8:1 Lit with the stylus of manin ordinary letters: #8:1 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the preyMaher-shalal-hash-baz. 2And #8:2 Another reading is take for meI will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the 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 #8:3 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the preyMaher-shalal-hash-baz; 4for before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

5Again the Lord spoke to me further, saying,

6“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah

And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

7Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates River,

That is, the king of Assyria and all his glory;

And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.

8“Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,

It will reach as far as the neck;

And the spread of its wings will #8:8 Lit be the fullness offill the expanse of #8:8 Or Youryour land, Immanuel.

A Believing Remnant

9¶“Be broken, you peoples, and be #8:9 Or dismayedshattered;

And listen, all remote places of the earth.

# 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist Get ready, yet be #8:9 Or dismayedshattered;

# 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist Get ready, yet be #8:9 Or dismayedshattered.

10“Devise a plan, but it will fail;

State a #8:10 Lit wordproposal, but it will not stand,

For #8:10 Heb Immanu-elGod is with us.”

11For so the Lord spoke to me #8:11 Lit according to the strength of handwith mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

12“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’

Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy,

And you are not to fear #8:12 Lit their fearwhat they fear or be in dread of it.

13“It is the Lord of armies whom you are to regard as holy.

And He shall be your fear,

And He shall be your dread.

14“Then He will become a sanctuary;

But to both houses of Israel, He will be a stone of stumbling and a rock #8:14 Or to trip onof offense,

And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15“Many will stumble over them,

Then they will fall and be broken;

They will be snared and caught.”

16Bind up the testimony, seal the #8:16 Or teachingLaw among my disciples. 17And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him. 18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, who dwells on Mount Zion.

19When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should a people not consult their God? Should they consult the dead in behalf of the living? 20To the #8:20 Or teachingLaw and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance with this word, it is because they have no dawn. 21They will pass through #8:21 Lit itthe land dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse #8:21 Or by their kingtheir king and their God as they face upward. 22Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.

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Isaiah 8

Isaiah and His Children as Signs

1The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”#8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3. 2So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. 3Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

5The Lord spoke to me again:

6“Because this people has rejected

the gently flowing waters of Shiloah

and rejoices over Rezin

and the son of Remaliah,

7therefore the Lord is about to bring against them

the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—

the king of Assyria with all his pomp.

It will overflow all its channels,

run over all its banks

8and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,

passing through it and reaching up to the neck.

Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,

Immanuel#8:8 Immanuel means God with us.!”

9Raise the war cry,#8:9 Or Do your worst you nations, and be shattered!

Listen, all you distant lands.

Prepare for battle, and be shattered!

10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;

propose your plan, but it will not stand,

for God is with us.#8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

11This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:

12“Do not call conspiracy

everything this people calls a conspiracy;

do not fear what they fear,

and do not dread it.

13The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,

he is the one you are to fear,

he is the one you are to dread.

14He will be a holy place;

for both Israel and Judah he will be

a stone that causes people to stumble

and a rock that makes them fall.

And for the people of Jerusalem he will be

a trap and a snare.

15Many of them will stumble;

they will fall and be broken,

they will be snared and captured.”

16Bind up this testimony of warning

and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.

17I will wait for the Lord,

who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.

I will put my trust in him.

18Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.

The Darkness Turns to Light

19When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

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