Isaiah 8
1 Moreover the
LORD said unto me,
Take thee a
great roll, and
write in it with a
man's pen concerning
Mahershalalhashbaz. 2 And I
took unto me
faithful witnesses to
record,
Uriah the
priest, and
Zechariah the
son of
Jeberechiah. 3 And I
went unto the
prophetess; and she
conceived, and
bare a
son. Then
said the
LORD to me,
Call his
name Mahershalalhashbaz. 4 For before the
child shall have
knowledge to
cry, My
father, and my
mother, the
riches of
Damascus and the
spoil of
Samaria shall be taken
away before the
king of
Assyria. 5 The
LORD spake also unto me
again,
saying,
6 Forasmuch as this
people refuseth the
waters of
Shiloah that
go softly, and
rejoice in
Rezin and
Remaliah's son; 7 Now therefore, behold, the
Lord bringeth
up upon them the
waters of the
river, strong and
many, even the
king of
Assyria, and all his
glory: and he shall come
up over all his
channels, and go
over all his
banks: 8 And he shall
pass through
Judah; he shall
overflow and go
over, he shall
reach even to the
neck; and the stretching
out of his
wings shall
fill the
breadth of thy
land, O
Immanuel.
9 Associate yourselves, O ye
people, and ye shall be broken in
pieces; and give
ear,
all ye of
far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in
pieces;
gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in
pieces.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to
nought;
speak the
word, and it shall not
stand: for
God is with us.
11 For the
LORD spake thus to me with a
strong hand, and
instructed me that I should not
walk in the
way of this
people, saying,
12 Say ye not, A
confederacy, to all them to whom this
people shall
say, A
confederacy; neither
fear ye their
fear, nor be
afraid.
13 Sanctify the
LORD of
hosts himself; and let him be your
fear, and let him be your
dread.
14 And he shall be for a
sanctuary; but for a
stone of
stumbling and for a
rock of
offence to
both the
houses of
Israel, for a
gin and for a
snare to the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem. 15 And
many among them shall
stumble, and
fall, and be
broken, and be
snared, and be
taken.
16 Bind
up the
testimony, seal the
law among my
disciples. 17 And I will
wait upon the
LORD, that
hideth his
face from the
house of
Jacob, and I will
look for him.
18 Behold, I and the
children whom the
LORD hath
given me are for
signs and for
wonders in
Israel from the
LORD of
hosts, which
dwelleth in
mount Zion. 19 And when they shall
say unto you,
Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, and unto
wizards that
peep, and that
mutter: should not a
people seek unto their
God? for the
living to the
dead?
20 To the
law and to the
testimony: if they
speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no
light in them.
21 And they shall
pass through it, hardly
bestead and
hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be
hungry, they shall
fret themselves, and
curse their
king and their
God, and
look upward. 22 And they shall
look unto the
earth; and behold
trouble and
darkness, dimness of
anguish; and they shall be
driven to
darkness.