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Isaiah 8 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Coming Assyrian Invasion

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Then Yahweh said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it [fn]in ordinary letters: Concerning [fn]Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - “And [fn]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:3 - Then I drew near to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name [fn]Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - for before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

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Again Yahweh spoke to me further, saying,

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“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah

And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

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Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the mighty and abundant waters of the [fn]River—

The king of Assyria and all his glory;

And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.

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“Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through;

It will reach even to the neck;

And the spread of its wings will [fn]fill the breadth of [fn]Your land, O Immanuel.

Yahweh, a Sanctuary and a Stumbling Stone

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“Be broken, O peoples, and be [fn]shattered;

And give ear, all remote places of the earth.

Gird yourselves, yet be [fn]shattered;

Gird yourselves, yet be [fn]shattered.

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“Devise counsel, but it will be thwarted;

Speak a word, but it will not stand,

For [fn]God is with us.”

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For thus Yahweh spoke to me with a strong hand and disciplined me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

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“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’

In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy;

And you are not to fear [fn]what they fear, and you shall not tremble.

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“It is Yahweh of hosts whom you should regard as holy.

And He shall be your fear,

And He shall be your cause of trembling.

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“Then He shall become a sanctuary;

But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,

And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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“And many will stumble over them;

Then they will fall and be broken;

They will even be snared and caught.”

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Bind up the testimony, seal the [fn]law among my disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - And I will wait for Yahweh who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will hope for Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18 - Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Darkness to Light Through the Prince of Peace

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Now when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - To the [fn]law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they will pass through [fn]the land hard-pressed and hungry, and it will be that when they are hungry, they will be angry and curse [fn]their king and their God as they face upward.

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LSB Footnotes
Lit with the stylus of man
Lit swift is the spoil, speedy is the plunder, cf. 8:1
Or take for me
Lit swift is the spoil, speedy is the plunder
The Euphrates River
Lit be the fullness of
Or your
Or dismayed
Or dismayed
Or dismayed
Heb Immanuel
Lit their fear
Or teaching
Or teaching
Lit it
Or by their king
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Isaiah Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras