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So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.
And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”
Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
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;
For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
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.”
“Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates —
the king of Assyria with all his pomp.
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates —
the king of Assyria with all his pomp.
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks
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.”
This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
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:
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:
“Do not call conspiracy
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
“Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.
The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
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.
Many of them will stumble;
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”
Bind up this testimony of warning
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
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.
The Darkness Turns to Light
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
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?
Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.