Isaiah 8

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1. 1The LORD told me, 'Take a large scroll and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'
2. 2So I took faithful witnesses to record: Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3. 3I went to the prophetess, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. The LORD told me, 'Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'
4. 4Before the child is old enough to say, 'My father' or 'My mother,' the king of Assyria will carry off the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria.
5. 5The LORD spoke to me again:
6. 6Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son,
7. 7Now the Lord is bringing upon them the strong and abundant waters of the river—the king of Assyria and all his glory. He will rise over all his channels and overflow all his banks.
8. 8It will sweep into Judah, flooding and surging until it reaches up to the neck. Its spreading wings will cover the entire width of your land, O Immanuel."
9. 9Band together, you nations, and you will be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands: arm yourselves, and you will be crushed! Arm yourselves, and you will be crushed!
10. 10Make your plans together, and they will come to nothing; speak your words, and they will not stand, for God is with us.
11. 11The LORD gripped me with his powerful hand and warned me not to follow the path of this people. He said,
12. 12Do not say, 'A conspiracy,' concerning all that this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, nor be afraid.
13. 13The LORD of hosts — he is the one you must treat as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
14. 14He will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stone that makes them stumble and a rock that offends them. To the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
15. 15Many of them will stumble and fall, be broken, be caught in the snare, and be captured."
16. 16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17. 17I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18. 18Look, I and the children the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
19. 19When they tell you, 'Seek those with familiar spirits and wizards who whisper and mutter,' shouldn't a people seek their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20. 20To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21. 21They will wander through the land, desperate and starving. When hunger overtakes them, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up toward heaven,
22. 22then look down at the earth — and everywhere they turn, they will find only trouble and darkness, deep anguish and gloom. They will be driven into total darkness.