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Isaiah 8 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:1 - Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, 'Belonging to Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - And I got reliable witnesses, Uri'ah the priest and Zechari'ah the son of Jeberechi'ah, to attest for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:3 - And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:4 - for before the child knows how to cry 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Sama'ria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:5 - The LORD spoke to me again:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - "Because this people have refused the waters of Shilo'ah that flow gently, and melt in fear before Rezin and the son of Remali'ah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck; and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Imman'u-el."

A Believing Remnant

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:9 - Be broken, you peoples, and be dismayed; give ear, all you far countries; gird yourselves and be dismayed; gird yourselves and be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - Take counsel together, but it will come to nought; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:12 - "Do not call conspiracy all that this people call conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:13 - But the LORD of hosts, him you shall regard as holy; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 - And he will become a sanctuary, and a stone of offense, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 - And many shall stumble thereon; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18 - Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - And when they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their God, and turn their faces upward;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - and they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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