Isaiah 8 — OURB

8Verse 1Adonai said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;^{Verse 2}and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah [My light Yah] the priest, and Zechariah [Remembered by Yah] the son of Jeberechiah.”^{Verse 3}I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Adonai said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’^{Verse 4}For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father,’ and, ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus [Bucket of blood] and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria [Level plain].”^{Verse 5}Adonai spoke to me yet again, saying,^{Verse 6}“Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;^{Verse 7}now therefore, behold, 'Adonay [Lord] brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria [Level plain] and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.^{Verse 8}It will sweep onward into Judah [Praised]. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, 'Immanu El [God is with us].^{+Verse 9}Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!^{Verse 10}Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”^{+Verse 11}For Adonai spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,^{Verse 12}“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.^{Verse 13}Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] is who you must respect as holy.⁺He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.^{Verse 14+}He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel [God prevails], he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.⁺And a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem [City of peace].^{Verse 15}Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken,⁺be snared, and be captured.”^{Verse 16}Wrap up the testimony. Seal the Torah ·Teaching· among my disciples.^{Verse 17}I will wait for Adonai, who hides his face from the house of Jacob [Supplanter], and I will trust in him.^{+Verse 18}Behold, I and the children whom Adonai has given me⁺are for signs and for wonders in Israel [God prevails] from Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], who dwells in Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking].^{Verse 19}When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” should not a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?^{Verse 20}Turn to the Torah ·Teaching· and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.^{Verse 21}They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,^{Verse 22}and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.