8Isaiah 8

CHAP. VIII. / 1 In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, hee prophecieth that Syria and Israel shalbe subdued by Assyria. 5 Iudah likewise for their infidelitie. 9 Gods judgements shalbe vnresistable. 11 Comfort sha

1Moreouer the Lord said vnto mee, Take thee a great roule, and write in it with a mans penne, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.Select Isaiah 8:1

2And I tooke vnto mee faithfull witnesses to record, Uriah the Priest, and Zechariah the sonne of Ieberechiah.Select Isaiah 8:2

3And I went vnto the Prophetesse, and shee conceiued and bare a sonne, then said the Lord to mee, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.Select Isaiah 8:3

4For before the childe shall haue knowledge to cry, My father and my mother, the riches of Damascus, and the spoile of Samaria shalbe taken away before the king of Assyria.Select Isaiah 8:4

5The Lord spake also vnto me againe, saying,Select Isaiah 8:5

6For so much as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that goe softly, and reioyce in Rezin, and Remaliahs sonne:Select Isaiah 8:6

7Now therefore behold, the Lord bringeth vp vpon them the waters of the riuer strong and many, euen the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come vp ouer all his channels, and goe ouer all his bankes.Select Isaiah 8:7

8And hee shall passe through Iudah, he shall ouerflow and goe ouer, he shall reach euen to the necke; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.Select Isaiah 8:8

9Associate your selues, O ye people, and yee shalbe broken in pieces; and giue eare all ye of farre countreys: gird your selues, and ye shalbe broken in pieces; gird your selues, and ye shalbe broken in pieces.Select Isaiah 8:9

10Take counsell together, and it shall come to nought: speake the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with vs.Select Isaiah 8:10

11For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,Select Isaiah 8:11

12Say ye not, A confederacie to all them, to whom this people shall say, A confederacie; neither feare yee their feare, nor be afraid.Select Isaiah 8:12

13Sanctifie the Lord of hostes himselfe, and let him bee your feare, and let him be your dread.Select Isaiah 8:13

14And he shalbe for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rocke of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a ginne, and for a snare to the inhabitants of Ierusalem.Select Isaiah 8:14

15And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Select Isaiah 8:15

16Binde vp the Testimonie, seale the Law among my disciples.Select Isaiah 8:16

17And I wil wait vpon the Lord that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I will looke for him.Select Isaiah 8:17

18Behold, I, and the children whom the Lord hath giuen me, are for signes, and for wonders in Israel: from the Lord of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Zion.Select Isaiah 8:18

19And when they shall say vnto you; Seeke vnto them that haue familiar spirits, and vnto wizards that peepe and that mutter: should not a people seeke vnto their God? for the liuing, to the dead?Select Isaiah 8:19

20To the Law and to the Testimonie: if they speake not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.Select Isaiah 8:20

21And they shall passe through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to passe, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselues, and curse their King, and their God, and looke vpward.Select Isaiah 8:21

22And they shall looke vnto the earth: and behold trouble and darkenesse, dimnesse of anguish; and they shall be driuen to darkenesse.Select Isaiah 8:22