Isaiah 8

8Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great ^aroll, and ^bwrite in it with ^ca man’s pen concerning ^†Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ²And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, ^dUriah the priest, and ^eZechariah the son of Jeberechiah. ³And I ^†went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ^4fFor before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, ^||fthe riches of ^gDamascus and the spoil of ^hSamaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

⁵The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,

⁶Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of ⁱShiloah that go softly,

And rejoice in ^kRezin and Remaliah’s son;

⁷Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them

^lThe waters of ^llthe river, strong and many,

Even ^mthe king of Assyria, and all his glory:

And he shall come up over all his channels,

And go over all his banks:

⁸And he shall pass through Judah;

He shall ^nooverflow and ^ogo over,

He shall reach even ⁿto the neck;

And ^†qthe stretching out of ^rhis wings shall fill ^sthe breadth of thy land, O ^tImmanuel.

^9uAssociate yourselves, O ye people, ^||and ^vye 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.

^10wTake counsel together, and it shall ^xcome to nought;

Speak the word, and ^yit shall not stand:

For ^tzGod is with us.

¹¹For 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,

¹²Say ye not, ^aA confederacy,

To all them to whom this people shall say, ^aA confederacy;

^bNeither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

^13cSanctify the Lord of hosts himself;

And ^dlet him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

¹⁴And ^ehe shall be for a sanctuary;

But for ^fa stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel,

^gFor a gin and ^gfor a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁵And many among them shall stumble, and ^hfall, and be broken,

And be snared, and be taken.

¹⁶Bind up the testimony, ⁱseal the law among my ^kdisciples.

¹⁷And I will ^lwait upon the Lord,

That ^mhideth his face from the house of Jacob,

And I will ⁿlook for him.

^18oBehold, I and ^pthe children whom the Lord hath given me

Are ^qfor signs and ^qfor ^rwonders in Israel

From the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

¹⁹And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto ^sthem that have familiar spirits,

And unto ^swizards ^tthat peep, and ^uthat mutter:

^vShould not a people seek unto their God?

For the living to ^wthe dead?

^20xTo the law and to the testimony:

^yIf they speak not according to this word,

^zIt is because there is ^†no light in them.

²¹And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and ^ahungry:

And it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves,

And ^bcurse their king and their God, and look upward.

²²And ^cthey shall look unto the earth;

And behold ^dtrouble and darkness, ^edimness of ^danguish;

And they shall be driven to darkness.