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The Coming Assyrian Invasion

Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters,a ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’b

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Assyria Will Invade the Land

Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning [a]Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

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And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”

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And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

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And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

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Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz;

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for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

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for before the child [b]shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the [c]spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

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The Lord spoke to me again:

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The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:

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“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

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“Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;

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therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River,c mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,

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Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [d]the River, strong and mighty —
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [e]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.

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and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”

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He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [f]fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.[g]

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Be broken,d you peoples, and be shattered;e
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.

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“Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

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Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.f

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Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For [h]God is with us.”

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Fear God, Wait for the Lord

For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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Fear God, Heed His Word

For the Lord spoke thus to me with [i]a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

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“Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.

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“Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’
Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy,
Nor be afraid of their [j]threats, nor be [k]troubled.

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But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

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The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow;
Let Him be your fear,
And let Him be your dread.

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And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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He will be as a [l]sanctuary,
But a stone of stumbling and a rock of [m]offense
To both the houses of Israel,
As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”

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And many among them shall stumble;
They shall fall and be broken,
Be snared and [n]taken.”

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Bind up the testimony; seal the teachingg among my disciples.

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Bind up the testimony,
Seal the law among my disciples.

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I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

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And I will wait on the Lord,
Who hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I will hope in Him.

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Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me!
We are for signs and wonders in Israel
From the Lord of hosts,
Who dwells in Mount Zion.

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And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

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And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?

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To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

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To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there[o] is no light in them.

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They will pass through the land,h greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously againsti their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

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They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and curse [p]their king and their God, and look upward.

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And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

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Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.

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