8:11 Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:21
8:12 “Do not say, ‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word.22
Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.
8:13 You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies.23
He is the one you must respect;
he is the one you must fear.24
8:14 He will become a sanctuary,25
but a stone that makes a person trip,
and a rock that makes one stumble—
to the two houses of Israel.26
He will become27 a trap and a snare
to the residents of Jerusalem.28
8:15 Many will stumble over the stone and the rock,29
and will fall and be seriously injured,
and will be ensnared and captured.”
8:16 Tie up the scroll as legal evidence,30
seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.31
8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,
who has rejected the family of Jacob;32
I will wait for him.
8:18 Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me33 are reminders and object lessons34 in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
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