Verse 1
Isaiah 8:1
World English Bible
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Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔/י קַח לְ/ךָ֖ גִּלָּי֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וּ/כְתֹ֤ב עָלָי/ו֙ בְּ/חֶ֣רֶט אֱנ֔וֹשׁ לְ/מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז
English Translation
And the Lord said to me, "Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it with a stylus of a human, 'Quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil.'"
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Chapter 8 Context
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Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Ba...
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and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of...
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3
I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name...
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4
For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father,’ and, ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the...
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5
Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,
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6
“Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Rem...
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7
now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of A...
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8
It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck;...
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9
Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for...
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10
Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for...
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11
For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this peo...
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12
“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear...
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13
Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you mus...
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14
He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabit...
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15
Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
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16
Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples.
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17
I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
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18
Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yah...
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19
When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp an...
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20
Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no...
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21
They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry,...
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and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven int...
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