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.
