Isaiah 8

The Coming Assyrian Invasion

8Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.H3068H559H3947H1419H1549H3789H582H2747H41222I have appointed trustworthy witnesses— Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah."H5749H539H5707H5749H223H3548H2148H1121H30003I 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,H7126H5031H2029H3205H1121H559H3068H7121H8034H41224for before the boy knows how to call out father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria."H5288H3045H7121H1H517H2428H1834H7998H8111H5375H6440H4428H8045The LORD spoke to me again:H3068H1696H3254H5596Because these people rejected the slowly flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,H3282H5971H3988H4325H7975H1980H328H4885H7526H7425H11217the 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.H136H5927H4325H5104H6099H7227H4428H804H3519H5927H650H1980H14158It will pour into Judah, flood over it, and sweep through, reaching up to the neck; and its spreading streams will fill your entire land, Immanuel!H2498H3063H7857H5674H5060H6677H4298H3671H4393H7341H776H6005H4109Band together, peoples, and be broken; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for war, and be broken; prepare for war, and be broken.H7489H5971H2865H238H3605H4801H776H247H2865H247H286510Devise a plan; it will fail. Make a prediction; it will not happen. For God is with us.H5779H6098H5779H6565H1696H1697H6965H410

The Lord of Hosts, the Only Refuge

11For this is what the LORD said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:H3068H559H2393H3027H3256H3212H1870H5971H55912Do not call everything an alliance these people say is an alliance. Do not fear what they fear; do not be terrified.H559H7195H5971H559H7195H3372H4172H620613You are to regard only the LORD of Hosts as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be held in awe.H6942H3068H6635H4172H620614He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, He will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.H4720H68H5063H6697H4383H8147H1004H3478H6341H4170H3427H338915Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be snared and captured.H7227H3782H5307H7665H3369H392016Bind up the testimony. Seal up the instruction among my disciples.H6887H8584H2856H8451H392817I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for Him.H2442H3068H5641H6440H1004H3290H696018Here I am with the children the LORD has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.H3206H3068H5414H226H4159H3478H3068H6635H7931H2022H672619When they say to you, "Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter," shouldn't a people consult their God? [Should they consult] the dead on behalf of the living?H559H1875H178H3049H6850H1897H5971H1875H430H2416H419120To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.H8451H8584H559H1697H783721They 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.H5674H7185H7457H7456H7107H7043H4428H430H6437H460522They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.H5027H776H6869H2825H4588H6695H5080H653