Isaiah 8
Let the LORD Be Your Fear |
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Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's
pen concerning Ma'her-shal'al-hash'-baz. 2
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And I took unto me faithful witnesses to
record, Uri'ah the priest, and Zechari'ah the son of
Jeberechi'ah.
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And I went unto the prophetess; and she
conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Ma'her-shal'al-hash'-baz.
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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.
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The LORD spake
also unto me again, saying,
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Forasmuch as this people refuseth the
waters of Shilo'ah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and
Remali'ah's son;
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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:
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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 Imman'u-el.
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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.
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Take counsel together, and it shall come
to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
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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; 1 Pet. 3.14, 15 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 offense 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, 1 Pet. 2.8 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. Heb. 2.13
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Behold, I and the children whom the
LORD hath given me Heb. 2.13 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.
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