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Read Isaiah 8

World English Bible · 22 verses

¹ Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, O Immanuel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² “Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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