Isaiah:8

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* Yahweh said to me , "Take a large tablet , and write on it with a man 's pen , 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz ; {"Maher Shalal Hash Baz " means "quick to the plunder , swift to the spoil ."}' * and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify : Uriah the priest , and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah ." * I went to the prophetess , and she conceived , and bore a son . Then Yahweh said to me , "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz .' * For before the child knows how to say , 'My father ,' and , 'My mother ,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria ." * Yahweh spoke to me yet again , saying , * "Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly , and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah 's son ; * now therefore , behold , the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River : the king of Assyria and all his glory . It will come up over all its channels , and go over all its banks . * It will sweep onward into Judah . It will overflow and pass through ; it will reach even to the neck ; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land , Immanuel . * Make an uproar , you peoples , and be broken in pieces ! Listen , all you from far countries : dress for battle , and be shattered ! Dress for battle , and be shattered ! * Take counsel together , and it will be brought to nothing ; speak the word , and it will not stand : for God is with us ." * For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand , and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people , saying , * "Don 't say , 'A conspiracy !' concerning all about which this people say , 'A conspiracy !' neither fear their threats , nor be terrorized . * Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy . He is the one you must fear . He is the one you must dread . * He will be a sanctuary , but for both houses of Israel , he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * Many will stumble over it , fall , be broken , be snared , and be captured ." * Wrap up the testimony . Seal the law among my disciples . * I will wait for Yahweh , who hides his face from the house of Jacob , and I will look for him . * Behold , I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies , who dwells in Mount Zion . * When they tell you , "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards , who chirp and who mutter :" shouldn 't a people consult with their God ? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living ? * Turn to the law and to the testimony ! If they don 't speak according to this word , surely there is no morning for them . * They will pass through it , very distressed and hungry ; and it will happen that when they are hungry , they will worry , and curse by their king and by their God . They will turn their faces upward , * and look to the earth , and see distress , darkness , and the gloom of anguish . They will be driven into thick darkness .

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