Isaiah - 8

1 - Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

2 - And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

3 - And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

4 - 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 taken away before the king of Assyria - .

5 - The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

6 - Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

7 - Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong 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:

8 - And he shall pass through Judah - ; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

9 - Associate yourselves, O ye people, 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.

10 - Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

11 - 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,

12 - Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

13 - Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

14 - 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 - .

15 - And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

16 - Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

17 - And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob - , and I will look for him.

18 - 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.

19 - 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?

20 - To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

21 - 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.

22 - And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.