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Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Maher-shalal-hash-baz, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>for 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.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Again Yahweh spoke to me further, saying, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah <p class="indent2">And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the mighty and abundant waters of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>River— <p class="indent2">The king of Assyria and all his glory; <p class="indent2">And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through; <p class="indent2">It will reach even to the neck; <p class="indent2">And the spread of its wings will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>fill the breadth of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Your land, O Immanuel. <p class="hdg">Yahweh, a Sanctuary and a Stumbling Stone</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Be broken, O peoples, and be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>shattered; <p class="indent2">And give ear, all remote places of the earth. <p class="indent2">Gird yourselves, yet be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>shattered; <p class="indent2">Gird yourselves, yet be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>shattered. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Devise counsel, but it will be thwarted; <p class="indent2">Speak a word, but it will not stand, <p class="indent2">For <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>God is with us.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For thus Yahweh spoke to me with a strong hand and disciplined me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“You are not to say, ‘<i>It is</i> a conspiracy!’ <p class="indent2">In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy; <p class="indent2">And you are not to fear <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>what they fear, and you shall not tremble. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It is Yahweh of hosts whom you should regard as holy. <p class="indent2">And He shall be your fear, <p class="indent2">And He shall be your cause of trembling. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then He shall become a sanctuary; <p class="indent2">But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And many will stumble over them; <p class="indent2">Then they will fall and be broken; <p class="indent2">They will even be snared and caught.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Bind up the testimony, seal the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>law among my disciples. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I will wait for Yahweh who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will hope for Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. <p class="hdg">Darkness to Light Through the Prince of Peace</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? <i>Should they</i> <i>inquire of</i> the dead on behalf of the living? <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>To the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they will pass through <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the land hard-pressed and hungry, and it will be that when they are hungry, they will be angry and curse <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their king and their God as they face upward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and <i>they will be</i> banished into thick darkness.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>with the stylus of man</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>swift is the spoil, speedy is the plunder</i>, cf. 8:1<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>take for me</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>swift is the spoil, speedy is the plunder</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> The Euphrates River<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>be the fullness of</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>your</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>dismayed</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>dismayed</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>dismayed</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Heb <i>Immanuel</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>their fear</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>teaching</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>teaching</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>it</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i>by their king</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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