Isaiah 8
8
The Coming Assyrian Invasion
1Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment # Hb obscure and write on it with an ordinary pen: # Lit with the pen of a man # Is 30:8; Hab 2:2 Maher-shalal-hash-baz. # = Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil 2I have appointed # Vg; MT, one DSS ms read I will appoint ; one DSS ms, LXX, Syr, Tg read Appoint trustworthy witnesses — Uriah the priest 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 out 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 waters of Shiloah
and rejoiced with # Or and rejoiced over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah, # Is 7:1
7the Lord will certainly bring against them
the mighty rushing waters 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 spreading streams # Or wings
will fill your entire land, Immanuel! # Is 7:14; 8:10
9Band together, 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. # Or For Immanuel # Is 8:8
The Lord of Hosts, the Only Refuge
11For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep # DSS; MT reads instruct me from going the way of this people: # Ezk 2:8
12Do not call everything an alliance
these people say is an alliance. # 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 Hosts 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 Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion. 19When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead 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 consult their God? # Or gods Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? # 1Sm 28:8-11 20To the law and to the 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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Isaiah 8
8
VIII
1And Jehovah said unto me: Take unto thee a large roll; and write upon it, in the style of man, Hasten the spoil, take quickly the prey. 2And I took unto me faithful witnesses; Uriah the priest, and Zachariah the son of Jerebechiah. 3And I approached unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. And Jehovah said unto me: Call his name Maher-Shalal Hash-Baz. 4For 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 face of the king of Assyria.
5Yet again Jehovah spoke unto me, saying:
6Because this people hath rejected
The waters of Shiloah, which flow gently;
And rejoiceth in Rezin, and the son of Remaliah:
7Now, therefore, behold the Lord bringeth up upon them
The waters of the river, strong and mighty;
Even the king of Assyria, and all his glory:
And he shall rise above all their channels,
And go over all their banks.
8And he shall pass through Judah, he shall overflow and go over;
Even to the neck shall he reach:
And the spreading of his wings shall be
Over the full breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!
9Link yourselves together, O ye people, yet shall you be broken in pieces;
And give ear, all ye distant lands:
Gird ye yourselves, yet shall you be broken in pieces;
Gird ye yourselves, yet shall you be broken in pieces.
10Take counsel together, yet it shall be brought to nought;
Speak the word, but it shall not stand;
For God is with us.
11For thus said Jehovah unto me, with a strong hand,
When he warned me against walking in the way of this people, saying:
12Call ye not that a confederacy,
Whatsoever this people shall call a confederacy:
And be ye not afraid of their fear, neither be ye terrified.
13 Jehovah of hosts, Him sanctify;
And let him be your fear, and let him be your terror.
14And he shall be unto you for a sanctuary:
But for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence.
To both the houses of Israel;
For a trap, and for a snare, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15And, against which, many shall stumble,
And shall fall, and be broken; and shall be ensnared, and caught.
16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face
From the house of Jacob; and I will look for him.
18Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me
Are for signs and for wonders in Israel;
From Jehovah of hosts,
Who dwelleth upon mount Zion.
19And when they shall say unto you:
Inquire of the necromancers and the wizards,
Who chirp, and mutter:
Say ye, Should not a people inquire of their God?
Should they inquire of the dead concerning the living?
20To the law and to the testimony:
If they will not speak according to this word,
It is because there is no dawn of day for them.
21And they shall pass through the land sorely beset and hungry:
And it shall come to pass when they shall hunger and fret themselves,
They will curse their king, and their God,
22Whether they shall cast their eyes upward,
Or shall look unto the earth; for, behold trouble and obscurity, palpable darkness;
And a thick night whereinto they shall be driven.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.