Isaiah 8 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And YHWH says to me, “Take a great tablet to yourself, and write on it with an engraving tool of man, || To hurry spoil, enjoy prey.” Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ The LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”
2 And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah. And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.” So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.
3 And I draw near to the prophetess, and she conceives, and bears a son; and YHWH says to me, “Call his name 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; 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.
4 for before the youth knows to cry, My father, and, My mother, one takes away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur.” 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.” 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.”
5 And YHWH adds to speak to me again, saying, The LORD spoke to me again: The LORD spoke to me again:
6 “Because that this people has refused || The waters of Shiloah that go softly, || And is rejoicing with 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, “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up on them, || The waters of the river, the mighty and the great || (The king of Asshur, and all his glory), || And it has gone up over all its streams, || And has gone on over all its banks. therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, 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, 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
8 And it has passed on into Judah, || It has overflown and passed over, || It comes to the neck, || And the stretching out of its wings || Has been the fullness of the breadth of your land, O Immanuel! 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.” and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!”
9 Be friends, O nations, and be broken, || And give ear, all you far-off ones of earth, || Gird yourselves, and be broken, || Gird yourselves, and be broken. Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered. Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Take counsel, and it is broken, || Speak a word, and it does not stand, || Because of Immanuel!” Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us. Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
11 For thus has YHWH spoken to me with strength of hand, and instructs me against walking 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: This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
12 “You do not say, A confederacy, || To all to whom this people says, A confederacy, || And its fear you do not fear, || Nor declare fearful. “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
13 YHWH of Hosts—Him you sanctify, || And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread, But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your 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.
14 And He has been for a sanctuary, || And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, || To the two houses of Israel, || For a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 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. 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.
15 And many among them have stumbled and fallen, || And been broken, and snared, and captured.” And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.” Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up the testimony, || Seal the Law among My disciples. Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples. Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 And I have waited for YHWH, || Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, || And I have looked for Him. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
18 Behold, I, and the children whom YHWH has given to me, || [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, || From YHWH of Hosts, who is dwelling in 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. 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.
19 And when they say to you, “Seek to those having familiar spirits, || And to wizards, who chatter and mutter,” || Does a people not seek to its God? To 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? 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?
20 To the Law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, “That there is no dawn to it.” To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 And it has passed over into it, hardened and hungry, || And it has come to pass, || That it is hungry, and has been angry, || And made light of its king, and of its God, || And has looked upwards. They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. 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.
22 And it looks attentively to the land, || And behold, adversity and darkness! Dimness, distress, and thick darkness are driven away, || But not the dimness for which she is in distress! And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
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