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          DASV: Isaiah 8    

1 Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet, and inscribe
on it with an ordinary stylus: Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz
[quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil].
2 I will have it verified by faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
3 So I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived,
and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Name him
Maher-shalal-hash-baz."
4 For before the child knows to cry, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,'
the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried
off by the king of Assyria."

5 Then the LORD spoke to me again, saying,
6 "Because this people has refused
           the gently flowing waters of Shiloah,
     and rejoices over what will happen
           to Rezin and Remaliah's son,
7 therefore the Lord will bring up against them
           the strong floodwaters of the Euphrates River,
           the king of Assyria and all his glory.
     It will overflow all its channels,
           and overrun all its banks.
8 It will sweep on into Judah,
           flooding and pouring through.
     It will reach even to the neck,
           and the stretching out of its wings
           filling the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

9 Be broken, O nations,
      and be shattered in pieces.
     Listen all you distant countries.
           Gear up for battle,
                but you will be shattered;
                gear up for battle,
                but you will be shattered.
10 Devise a plan,
           but it will achieve nothing.
     Issue orders,
           but they will never happen,
                for God is with us."

11 For the LORD told me this with a strong hand, and instructed
me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 "Do not make allegation of a conspiracy;
           concerning everything this people calls a conspiracy,
     do not be afraid of what they fear,
           or be in dread of it.
13 The LORD of hosts is the one you must recognize as holy,
           and let him be your fear,
           and let him be your dread.
14 He will be a sanctuary;
      a rock one trips over
      and a stone of stumbling
           for both the houses of Israel.
     He will be a trap
           and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many will stumble over them.
      They will fall and be broken,
           snared and taken captive."

16 Bind up the testimony,
      seal the teaching among my disciples.
17 I will wait expectantly for the LORD,
      who hides his face from the house of Jacob,
           but I will put my hope in him.

18 Look, I and the children whom the LORD has given me
are for signs and harbingers in Israel from the LORD
of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
19 When they say to you, "Consult with mediums and spiritists,
who chirp and mutter,"
should not a people consult with their God? Should they
really ask the dead on behalf of the living?
20 Rather consult the law and the testimony! If they do
not speak according to this word, surely there is no
dawn for them.
21 They will wander through the land distressed and hungry.
When they get hungry, they will be enraged, and curse
their king and their God, as they turn their faces upward.
22 They will look to the earth, and see only distress and
darkness, gloom and anguish; they will be driven away
into the darkness.

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