AB - Isaiah - 8

8:1  And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself a volume of a great new book, and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is close at hand.

8:2  And make for Me witnesses among faithful men, Uriah, and Zechariah the son of Berechiah.

8:3  And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil Quickly, Plunder Speedily.

8:4  For 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.

8:5  And the Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,

8:6  Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rezin, and the son of Remaliah to be king over you;

8:7  therefore behold, the Lord shall bring 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;

8:8  and he shall take away from Judah every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and everyone able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

8:9  Know, you Gentiles, and be conquered; listen, even to the extremity of the earth; be conquered, after you strengthened yourselves; for even if you should again strengthen yourselves, you shall again be conquered.

8:10  And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you; for God is with us.

8:11  Thus says the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,

8:12  Let them not say, It is hard, for whatsoever this people says, is hard; but do not fear their fear, neither be dismayed.

8:13  Sanctify the Lord Himself; and He shall be your fear.

8:14  And if you shall trust in Him, He shall be to you for a sanctuary; and you shall not come against Him as against a stumbling stone, neither as against the falling of a rock; but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and those who dwell in Jerusalem are in a pit.

8:15  Therefore many among them shall be weak and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw near, and men shall be taken securely.

8:16  Then those who seal themselves, that they may not learn the law, shall be made manifest.

8:17  And one shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away His face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in Him.

8:18  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 Zion.

8:19  And if they should say to you, Seek 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 their God? Why do they look to the dead concerning the living?

8:20  For He has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

8:21  And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when you shall be hungry, you shall be grieved, and you shall speak evil of the prince and of your fathers' ordinances; and they shall look up to heaven above,

8:22  and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that no one can see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a season.