Isaiah 8
8
1Moreover the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto me, Take youi a great scroll, and write in it with a man’s pen the letters ‘Maher shalal, hash baz [swift is the booty, speedy is the prey].
2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriyah [Yehovah is my light (flame)] the priest, and Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] the son of Y’verekhyahu [Yehovah blesses].
3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) to me, Call his name ‘Maher shalal, hash baz [swift is the booty, speedy is the prey].
4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] and the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) of Shomron [watch mountain] shall be taken away before the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))).
5The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) spoke also unto me again, saying,
6Forasmuch as this people refuses the waters of Shilo’ach [sent] that go softly, and rejoice in Retzin [firm] and Remalyahu [protected by Yehovah]’s son;
7Now therefore, behold, the Lord-Adonai (The Father) [Greatest Above All Things] brings up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
8And he shall pass through Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]; 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 youri land, O Emmanu’El (With Us is The Creator God).
9Be broken, O you2f people, and you2f shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you2f of far countries: gird yourselves, and you2f shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you2f shall be broken in pieces.
10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] with us.
11For the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
12Say you2f not, An alliance, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, An alliance; neither fear you2f their fear, nor be afraid.
13Sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.
14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].
15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17And I will wait upon the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), that hides his face from the house of Ya’akov [Heal of God], and I will look for him.
18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has given me [are] for signs and for wonders in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] from the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], which dwells in mount Tziyon [parched place].
19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that whisper, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]? Should the living ask the dead?
20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
21And they shall pass through the land, hardly served and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall be troubled (be grieved; be displeased) themselves, and curse their king and their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and look upward.
22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.
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Isaiah 8
8
The Coming Assyrian Invasion
1Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment#8:1 Hb obscure and write on it with an ordinary pen:#8:1 Lit with the pen of a man#Is 30:8; Hab 2:2 Maher-shalal-hash-baz.#8:1 = Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil 2I have appointed#8:2 Vg; MT, one DSS ms read I will appoint; one DSS ms, LXX, Syr, Tg read Appoint trustworthy witnesses — the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”#2Kg 16:10–11,15–16
3I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz, 4for before the boy knows how to call ‘Father,’ or ‘Mother,’#Is 7:16 the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”#Is 7:8–9
5The Lord spoke to me again:
6Because these people rejected
the slowly flowing water of Shiloah
and rejoiced with#8:6 Or and rejoiced over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,#Is 7:1
7the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing water of the Euphrates River —
the king of Assyria and all his glory.
It will overflow its channels
and spill over all its banks.
8It will pour into Judah,
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;#Is 30:28
and its flooded banks#8:8 Lit its outspread wings
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!#Is 7:14; 8:10
9Band together,#8:9 Or Raise the war cry, or Be shattered peoples, and be broken;
pay attention, all you distant lands;
prepare for war, and be broken;
prepare for war, and be broken.
10Devise a plan; it will fail.#Is 14:27
Make a prediction; it will not happen.
For God is with us.#8:10 Hb Immanuel#Is 8:8
The Lord of Armies, the Only Refuge
11For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep#8:11 DSS; MT reads instruct me from going the way of this people:#Ezk 2:8
12Do not call everything a conspiracy
that these people say is a conspiracy.#Is 7:2; 30:1
Do not fear what they fear;#1Pt 3:14
do not be terrified.
13You are to regard only the Lord of Armies as holy.#Nm 20:12
Only he should be feared;#1Pt 3:15
only he should be held in awe.
14He will be a sanctuary;#Is 4:6; 25:4; Ezk 11:16
but for the two houses of Israel,
he will be a stone#Ps 91:12; Is 26:4 to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,#Lk 2:34; Rm 9:33; 1Pt 2:8
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15Many will stumble over these;#Is 28:13; 59:10; Lk 20:18; Rm 9:32
they will fall and be broken;
they will be snared and captured.
16Bind up the testimony.#Is 8:1–2; 29:11–12
Seal up the instruction#Dn 12:4 among my disciples.
17I will wait for the Lord,#Ps 27:14; 33:20; 37:34; 130:5–6; Is 25:9; 30:18; Lm 3:26; Hab 2:3; 1Co 1:7; Php 3:20
who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.#Dt 31:17; Is 1:15; 45:15; 54:8
I will wait for him.
18Here I am with the children the Lord has given me#Heb 2:13 to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion. 19When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”#Lv 20:6; 2Kg 21:6; 23:24; Is 19:3; 29:4; 47:12–13 shouldn’t a people inquire of their God?#8:19 Or gods Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?#1Sm 28:8–11 20Go to God’s instruction and testimony!#Is 1:10; Lk 16:29 If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
21They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22They will look toward the earth#Is 5:30; 59:9; Jr 13:16; Am 5:18,20; Zph 1:14–15 and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.
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