Isaiah 8 — GNB
8Verse 1And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and with a man's writing-instrument write on it, Hasteth-the-prey, Speedeth-the-spoil.Verse 2And I took with me faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Berechiah.Verse 3I went in to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then said Jehovah to me, Call his name, Hasteth-the-prey, Speedeth-the-spoil.Verse 4For before the child shall learn to say, My father, and My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be borne away before the king of Assyria.Verse 5Moreover, Jehovah spake to me again, saying:Verse 6Because this people despiseth The soft-flowing waters of Siloah, And rejoiceth in Rezin, and the son of Remaliah,Verse 7Therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth upon them the strong and mighty waters of the river; [[The king of Assyria and all his glory.]] He shall rise above all his channels, And go over all his banks.Verse 8And he shall pass through Judah, overflowing and spreading; Even to the neck shall he reach, And his stretched-out wings shall fill the whole breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!Verse 9Rage, ye nations, and despair! Give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth! Gird yourselves, and despair! Gird yourselves, and despair!Verse 10Form your plan, and it shall come to naught; Give the command, and it shall not stand; For God is with us.Verse 11For thus spake Jehovah to me with a strong hand, Instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:Verse 12Call not everything a confederacy which this people calleth a confederacy; Fear ye not what they fear, Neither be afraid!Verse 13Jehovah of hosts, sanctify ye him; Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread!Verse 14And he shall be to you a sanctuary; But a stone of stumbling, and a rock to strike against, To the two houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Verse 15And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall, and be broken; They shall be ensnared and taken.Verse 16Bind up the revelation, Seal the word, with my disciples!Verse 17I will, therefore, wait for Jehovah, Who now hideth his face from the house of Jacob; Yet will I look for him.Verse 18Behold, I, and the children which Jehovah hath given me, Are signs and tokens in Israel From Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth upon mount Zion.Verse 19And when they shall say to you, “Inquire of the necromancers and the wizards, That chirp, and that murmur,” [[Then say ye,]] “Should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead for the living?”Verse 20To the word, to the revelation! If they speak not according to this, For them no bright morning shall arise.Verse 21They shall pass through the land distressed and famished; And when they are famished, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, And look upward.Verse 22And if they look to the earth, Behold distress and darkness, fearful darkness! And into darkness shall they be driven.