Isaiah:8:11-22
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For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand ,
and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people ,
saying ,
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Say ye not ,
A confederacy ,
to all them to whom this people shall say ,
A confederacy ;
neither fear ye their fear ,
nor be afraid .
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Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself ;
and let him be your fear ,
and let him be your dread .
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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 .
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And many among them shall stumble ,
and fall ,
and be broken ,
and be snared ,
and be taken .
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Bind up the testimony ,
seal the law among my disciples .
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And I will wait upon the LORD ,
that hideth his face from the house of Jacob ,
and I will look for him .
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Behold ,
I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts ,
which dwelleth in mount Zion .
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And when they shall say unto you ,
Seek unto them that have familiar spirits ,
and unto wizards that peep ,
and that mutter :
should not a people seek unto their God ?
for the living to the dead ?
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To the law and to the testimony :
if they speak not according to this word ,
it is because there is no light in them .
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And they shall pass through it ,
hardly bestead and hungry :
and it shall come to pass ,
that when they shall be hungry ,
they shall fret themselves ,
and curse their king and their God ,
and look upward .
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And they shall look unto the earth ;
and behold trouble and darkness ,
dimness of anguish ;
and they shall be driven to darkness .