Isa 8:1And the Lord said to me, Take to thyself a volume of a great new [fn]book, and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.
Isa 8:4For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.
Isa 8:7therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:
Isa 8:8and he shall take away from Juda every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and every one able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, O[fn]God with us.
Isa 8:9Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.
Isa 8:10And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.
Isa 8:14And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against [fn] a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.
Isa 8:18[fn] Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion.
Isa 8:19And if they should say to you, Seek [fn]those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
Isa 8:20For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no [fn]gifts to give for it.
Isa 8:21And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,
Isa 8:22and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and [fn]anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.
