ABP - Isaiah - 8

8:1  And the lord said to me, Take to yourself [3roll of papyrus 2new 1a great], and write on it with the pen of a man concerning the swiftly [2plunder 1made] of spoils, for it is at hand!

8:2  And [2witnesses 3for me 1appoint] of trustworthy men -- Uriah the priest, and Zachariah son of Barachiah.

8:3  And I drew near to the prophetess; and [2in 3the womb 1she conceived], and gave birth to a son. And the lord said to me, Call his name, Quickly Despoil, Swiftly Plunder.

8:4  Because before the [2knows 1child] to call his father or mother, one shall take t he power of Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

8:5  And the lord proceeded to speak to me again, saying,

8:6  Because [2want not 1this people] the water of Shiloah going tranquilly, but want to have Rezin and the son of Remaliah king over them, therefore this --

8:7  behold, the lord leads against you the [4water 5of the 6river 1strong 2and 3abundant], the king of the Assyrians, and his glory. And he shall ascend upon all your ravine, and shall walk upon all your wall.

8:8  And he shall remove from Judea a man who shall be able [2his head 1to lift] or able to complete anything; and [2will be 1his camp] so as to fill the width of your place; [2be with 3us 1God].

8:9  Know, O nations, and be vanquished! Take heed until the latter end of the earth! Being strong be vanquished! For if again you should be strong, again you shall be vanquished.

8:10  And whom ever you should consult counsel, the lord shall efface it; and [3word 1what 2ever] you should speak, in no way should it adhere to you; for [2is with 3us 1God].

8:11  Thus says the lord, With the strong hand they resist persuasion in the going of the way of this people, saying,

8:12  Lest at any time you should say, It is hard. For all what ever [2should say 1this people] is hard. But the fear of him in no way should you be fearful, nor should you be disturbed.

8:13  The lord of the forces -- sanctify him! and he will be your fear.

8:14  [3even 4upon 5him 2yielding 1You should be], he will be to you for a sanctuary; and not as a stone of stumbling for you to meet up with, nor as a rock downfall; but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and in a hollow lying in wait in Jerusalem.

8:15  On account of this [2shall be powerless 3among 4them 1many], and shall fall, and shall be broken; and they shall approach, and [2shall be captured 1men] being in safety.

8:16  Then the ones [7apparent 6will be 1setting a seal upon themselves 4the 5law 2to not 3learn].

8:17  And one shall say, I shall wait for God, the one turning his face from the house of Jacob, and I will be yielding upon him.

8:18  Behold, I and the children which [2gave 3to me 1God], even they will be for signs and miracles in the house of Israel by the lord of Hosts who dwells on mount Zion.

8:19  And if they should say to you, Seek the ones who deliver oracles, and the ones from the earth speaking out loud, and the empty words which [2from 3the 4belly 1they speak out loud]; shall not a nation [2to 3its God 1inquire]? Why do they inquire concerning the living of the ones dead?

8:20  [3the law 1For 4for 5a help 2he gave], that they should speak not as this saying, concerning of which there are no gifts to give for it.

8:21  And shall come upon us harshly a famine; and it will be as whenever you should hunger, you shall be fretting, and [2wickedly 1you shall speak] of the ruler and the fathers; and they shall look up into the heaven upward,

8:22  and [2to 3the 4earth 5below 1they shall look], and behold, darkness, affliction and straits, and darkness so as to not see unto a time.