Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 8:1-16

1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary1 stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.2 2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

3And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

5And the LORD spoke to me further:

6“Because this people has rejectedthe gently flowing waters of Shiloahand rejoiced in Rezinand the son of Remaliah,7the Lord will surely bring against themthe mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates3—the king of Assyria and all his pomp.

It will overflow its channelsand overrun its banks.8It will pour into Judah,swirling and sweeping over it,reaching up to the neck;its spreading streams will coveryour entire land, O Immanuel!4

9Huddle together,5 O peoples, and be shattered;pay attention, all you distant lands;prepare for battle, and be shattered;prepare for battle, and be shattered!10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;state a proposal, but it will not happen.For God is with us.6”

11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

12“Do not call conspiracyeverything these people regard as conspiracy.Do not fear what they fear;7do not live in dread.813The LORD of Hosts is the Oneyou shall regard as holy.Only He should be feared;only He should be dreaded.14And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israela stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,9to the dwellers of Jerusalema trap and a snare.15Many will stumble over these;they will fall and be broken;they will be ensnared and captured.”

16Bind up the testimonyand seal the law among my disciples.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 8:1 Hebrew with a man’s ↩
2. Isaiah 8:1 Maher-shalal-hash-baz means The spoil speeds, the prey hastens or Swift to plunder, quick to carry away; also in verse 3. ↩
3. Isaiah 8:7 Hebrew the River ↩
4. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us. ↩
5. Isaiah 8:9 Or Raise the war cry or Be evil or Be broken ↩
6. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel; see Matthew 1:23. ↩
7. Isaiah 8:12 Or Do not fear their threats ↩
8. Isaiah 8:12 LXX do not be shaken; cited in 1 Peter 3:14 ↩
9. Isaiah 8:14 Cited in Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:8 ↩

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