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The Book of Isaiah 8

8 And Yahweh said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet, and write on it with a chisel, ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.’ 2 And I shall cause faithful witnesses to attest for me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” 3 And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. And Yahweh said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4 For before the child knows to cry, ‘My father,’ and, ‘My mother,’ one will lift away the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria before the face of the king of Assyria.”

5 And Yahweh continued to speak to me again, saying, 6 “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah—those going gently—and rejoices in Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 so therefore, behold: the Lord is bringing up on them the waters of the river, mighty and many—the king of Assyria and all his glory.

And it will come up over all its channels

and go over all its banks.

8 And it will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing on,

until it touches your neck.

And its outstretched wings

will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.”

9 Raise the war cry, peoples, and be terrified.

And give ear, all you distant of the land:

gird yourselves for war and be terrified

gird yourselves for war and be terrified.

10 Be advised with advice, but it will be made useless;

speak a speech, but it will not stand,

for God is with us.

11 For thus Yahweh spoke to me, with a strong hand, and turned me away from walking in the way of this people, saying,

12 Do not call a lie anything that this people calls a lie,

and its fear you will not fear, and do not be terrified.

13 You shall sanctify Yahweh of hosts alone,

and he is your fear, and he is your terror.

14 And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of striking

and a rock of stumbling

for both the houses of Israel,

a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 And many will stumble over them

and fall and be broken and be ensnared and captured.

16 Bind up the testimony; seal the law for my disciples. 17 And I shall wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I shall hope in him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given to me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion.

19 And when they say to you, “Consult with mediums and with soothsayers, the ones who chirp and mutter,” how can a people not consult with their God, but with the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say as this thing, it is because they have no dawn, 21 and will pass through it distressed and hungry. And it will happen when they are hungry, then they will become angry and curse their king and their God and turn upward. 22 And they will look at the earth and behold: trouble and darkness, dimness, distress and gloom is scattered.