Isaiah 8:1-13 ▼

1 Then the LORD {YHWH} said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary \with a man’s/ stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (The spoil speeds, the prey hastens).

2 And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah (YHWH is my light) the priest and Zechariah (YHWH remembers) son of Jeberekiah (YHWH blesses).”

3 And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD {YHWH} said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

4 For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus (well-watered land) and the plunder of Samaria (watch mountain) will be carried off by the king of Assyria (a step).”

5 And the LORD {YHWH} spoke to me further:

6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah (sent) and rejoiced in Rezin (firm) and the son of Remaliah (protected by YHWH),

7 the Lord {Adonai} will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates \the River/ the king of Assyria (a step) and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

8 It will pour into Judah (praised), swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel (God with us)!

9 Huddle together (Raise the war cry), O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us \Immanuel/.

11 For this is what the LORD {YHWH} has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

12 “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear (Do not fear their threats); do not live in dread [do not be shaken].

13 The LORD {YHWH} of Hosts is the One you⁺ shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.