Isaiah:8

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* And the Lord said unto me , Take thyself a large table , and write on it with distinct letters , Lemaher –shalal –chash –bas . * And I was to summon for myself trustworthy witnesses , Uriyah the priest , and Zecharyahu the son of Yeberechyahu . * And I came near unto the prophetess ; and she conceived , and bore a son . Then said the Lord to me , Call his name Maher –shalal –chash –bas . * For before yet the boy shall know to call , My father , and my mother , the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria . * And the Lord continued to speak unto me again , saying , * Forasmuch as this people despiseth the waters of Shiloach that flow softly , and rejoice in Rezin and Remalyahu ’s son : * Yea therefore behold , the Lord bringeth up over them the strong and many waters of the river ,––the king of Assyria , and all his glory ; and he shall come up over all his channels , and step over all his banks ; * And he shall penetrate into Judah , overflow and flood over , even to the neck shall he reach ; and his outstretched wings shall fill the breadth of thy land , O ‘Immanu –el . * Associate yourselves , O ye people , yet shall ye be broken in pieces ; and give ear , all ye of the far portions of the earth : gird yourselves , yet shall ye be broken in pieces ; gird yourselves , yet shall ye be broken in pieces . * Take counsel together , yet shall it come to naught ; speak the word , and it shall not stand firm ; for with us is God . * For thus said the Lord to me with the strength of prophecy , and warned me not to walk in the way of this people , saying , * Call ye not a conspiracy all that this people may call a conspiracy , and what it feareth shall ye not fear , and be not terrified . * The Lord of hosts , him shall ye sanctify ; and let him be your fear , and let him be your terror . * And he will be for a sanctuary ; but also for a stone of stumbling and for a rock to fall over unto both the houses of Israel , for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * And many shall stumble over them , and fall , and be broken , and snared , and be caught . * Bind up the testimony , seal up the law among my disciples . * And I will wait for the Lord , that hideth his face from the house of Jacob , and I will hope for him . * Behold , I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for tokens in Israel , from the Lord of hosts who dwelleth on mount Zion . * And when they shall say unto you , "Inquire of those that have familiar spirits , and of the wizards , that whisper , and that mutter :" should not a people inquire of their God ? in behalf of the living of the dead ? * to the law and to the testimony : if they are not to speak according to this word , in which there is no light . * And the shall pass through , hard oppressed and hungry : and it shall come to pass , that when they shall be hungry , they will become enraged , and curse their king and their god , and turn toward on high . * And they will look unto the earth ; and behold there are trouble and darkness , dimness of oppression , and they shall be scattered into obscurity .

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