Isaiah 8 (NET)

Isaiah 8:1¹The Lord told me, “Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus: ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:2²Then I will summon as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:3³I then approached the prophetess for marital relations; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord told me, “Name him Maher Shalal Hash Baz,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:4⁴for before the child knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:5⁵The Lord spoke to me again:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:6⁶“These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:7⁷So look, the Lord is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:8⁸It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:9⁹You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth. Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:10¹⁰Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted. Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:11¹¹Indeed this is what the Lord told me quite forcefully. He warned me not to act like these people:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:12¹²“Do not say, ‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:13¹³You must recognize the authority of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:14¹⁴He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble— to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:15¹⁵Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:16¹⁶Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:17¹⁷I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:18¹⁸Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:19¹⁹They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:20²⁰Then you must recall the Lord ’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:21²¹They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Isaiah 8:22²²When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s