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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 8 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Isaiah 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/7.htm" title="Isaiah 7">◄</a> Isaiah 8 <a href="../isaiah/9.htm" title="Isaiah 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/isaiah/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">A Sign-Child is Born</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> told me, “Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus: ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then I will summon as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I then had sexual relations with the prophetess; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> told me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>for before the child knows how to cry out, ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> spoke to me again: <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River – the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You will be broken, O nations;</p><p class="poetry2">you will be shattered!</p><p class="poetry2">Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth!</p><p class="poetry2">Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!</p><p class="poetry2">Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted!</p><p class="poetry2">Issue your orders, but they will not be executed!</p><p class="poetry2">For God is with us!</p> <p class="title">The Lord Encourages Isaiah</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Indeed this is what the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Do not say, ‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word.</p><p class="poetry2">Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You must recognize the authority of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> who commands armies.</p><p class="poetry2">He is the one you must respect;</p><p class="poetry2">he is the one you must fear.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He will become a sanctuary,</p><p class="poetry2">but a stone that makes a person trip,</p><p class="poetry2">and a rock that makes one stumble –</p><p class="poetry2">to the two houses of Israel.</p><p class="poetry2">He will become a trap and a snare</p><p class="poetry2">to the residents of Jerusalem.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Many will stumble over the stone and the rock,</p><p class="poetry2">and will fall and be seriously injured,</p><p class="poetry2">and will be ensnared and captured.”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Tie up the scroll as legal evidence,</p><p class="poetry2">seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will wait patiently for the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>,</p><p class="poetry2">who has rejected the family of Jacob;</p><p class="poetry2">I will wait for him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Look, I and the sons whom the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.</p> <p class="title">Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then you must recall the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They will pass through the land destitute and starving. 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