Isaiah:8

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* And the LORD said unto me : 'Take thee a great tablet , and write upon it in common script : The spoil speedeth , the prey hasteth ; * and I will take unto Me faithful witnesses to record , Uriah the priest , and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah .' * And I went unto the prophetess ; and she conceived , and bore a son . Then said the LORD unto me : 'Call his name Maher-shalal - hashbaz . * For before the child shall have knowledge to cry : My father , and : My mother , the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria .' * And the LORD spoke unto me yet again , saying : * Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly , and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah 's son ; * Now therefore , behold , the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River , mighty and many , even the king of Assyria and all his glory ; and he shall come up over all his channels , and go over all his banks ; * And he shall sweep through Judah overflowing as he passeth through he shall reach even to the neck ; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land , O Immanuel . * Make an uproar , O ye peoples , and ye shall be broken in pieces ; and give ear , all ye of far countries ; gird yourselves , and ye shall be broken in pieces ; gird yourselves , and ye shall be broken in pieces . * Take counsel together , and it shall be brought to nought ; speak the word , and it shall not stand ; for God is with us . * For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand , admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people , saying : * 'Say ye not : A conspiracy , concerning all whereof this people do say : A conspiracy ; neither fear ye their fear , nor account it dreadful . * The LORD of hosts , Him shall ye sanctify ; and let Him be your fear , and let Him be your dread . * And He shall be for a sanctuary ; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel , for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * And many among them shall stumble , and fall , and be broken , and be snared , and be taken .' * 'Bind up the testimony , seal the instruction among My disciples .' * And I will wait for the LORD , that hideth His face from the house of Jacob , and I will look for Him . * Behold , I and the children whom the LORD hath given me shall be for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts , who dwelleth in mount Zion . * And when they shall say unto you : 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits , that chirp and that mutter ; should not a people seek unto their God ? on behalf of the living unto the dead * for instruction and for testimony ?'--Surely they will speak according to this word , wherein there is no light .-- * And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry ; and it shall come to pass that , when they shall be hungry , they shall fret themselves , and curse by their king and by their God , and , whether they turn their faces upward , * or look unto the earth , behold distress and darkness , the gloom of anguish , and outspread thick darkness .

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