Isa Isaiah, chapter Book of Isaiah, chapter 8
Assyrian Invasion Prophesied
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary8:1 Hebrew with a man’s stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.8:1 Maher-shalal-hash-baz means The spoil speeds, the prey hastens or Swift to plunder, quick to carry away; also in verse 3. Isa 30:8; Hab 2:2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses— Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”Isa 7:8; Isa 7:16
And the LORD spoke to me further:
“Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoiced in Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,Neh 3:15; Jhn 9:11
the Lord will surely bring against them
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates8:7 Hebrew the River—
the king of Assyria and all his pomp.
It will overflow its channels
and overrun its banks.Rev 17:15; Isa 10:8
It will pour into Judah,
swirling and sweeping over it,
reaching up to the neck;
its spreading streams will cover
your entire land, O Immanuel!8:8 Immanuel means God with us.Isa 30:28
Huddle together,8:9 Or Raise the war cry or Be evil or Be broken O peoples, and be shattered;
pay attention, all you distant lands;
prepare for battle, and be shattered;
prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
state a proposal, but it will not happen.
For God is with us.8:10 Hebrew Immanuel; see Matthew 1:23.”Isa 7:7
A Call to Fear God
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:Isa 42:8
“Do not call conspiracy
everything these people regard as conspiracy.
Do not fear what they fear;8:12 Or Do not fear their threats
do not live in dread.8:12 LXX do not be shaken; cited in 1 Peter 3:14Mat 10:26
The LORD of Hosts is the One
you shall regard as holy.
Only He should be feared;
only He should be dreaded.1Pe 3:15
And He will be a sanctuary —
but to both houses of Israel
a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,8:14 Cited in Romans 9:33 and 1 Peter 2:8
to the dwellers of Jerusalem
a trap and a snare.Isa 28:16
Many will stumble over these;
they will fall and be broken;
they will be ensnared and captured.”Isa 28:13
Bind up the testimony
and seal the law among my disciples.Isa 29:11; Isa 54:13; Jhn 6:45
I will wait for the LORD,
who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.
I will put my trust in Him.8:17 Or I will eagerly look for Him; cited in Hebrews 2:13
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me8:18 Cited in Hebrews 2:13 as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.Heb 2:13
Darkness and Light
When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? Lev 19:31; Deu 18:11; Deu 18:15To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.Mat 13:52; Act 28:23
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. Psa 59:15Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.Isa 5:30