Moreover the LORD said
unto me, Take
thee a great
roll
, and write
in it with a man's
pen
concerning Mahershalalhashbaz
.
And I took unto me faithful
witnesses
to record
, Uriah
the priest
, and Zechariah
the son
of Jeberechiah
.
And I went unto the prophetess
; and she conceived
, and bare
a son
. Then said
the LORD
to me, Call
his name
Mahershalalhashbaz
.
For before the child shall have knowledge
to cry
, My father
, and my mother
, the riches
of Damascus
and the spoil
of Samaria
shall be taken away
before
the king
of Assyria
.
The LORD spake
also unto me again
, saying
,
Forasmuch as this people
refuseth
the waters
of Shiloah
that go
softly
, and rejoice
in Rezin
and Remaliah's
son
;
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up
upon them the waters
of the river
, strong
and many
, even the king
of Assyria
, and all his glory
: and he shall come up
over all his channels
, and go over
all his banks
:
And he shall pass through Judah
; he shall overflow
and go over
, he shall reach
even to the neck
; and the stretching out
of his wings
shall fill
the breadth
of thy land
, O Immanuel
.
Associate yourselves, O ye people
, and ye shall be broken in pieces
; and give ear
, all
ye of far
countries
: gird
yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces
; gird
yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces
.
Take counsel
together
, and it shall come to nought
; speak
the word
, and it shall not stand
: for God
is with us.
For the LORD spake
thus to me with a strong
hand
, and instructed
me that I should not walk
in the way
of this people
, saying
,
Say ye not, A confederacy
, to all them to whom this people
shall say
, A confederacy
; neither fear
ye their fear
, nor be afraid
.
Sanctify the LORD
of hosts
himself; and let him be your fear
, and let him be your dread
.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone
of stumbling
and for a rock
of offence
to both
the houses
of Israel
, for a gin
and for a snare
to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
.
And many among them shall stumble
, and fall
, and be broken
, and be snared
, and be taken
.
Bind up the testimony
, seal
the law
among my disciples
.
And I will wait upon the LORD
, that hideth
his face
from the house
of Jacob
, and I will look
for him.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD
hath given
me are for signs
and for wonders
in Israel
from the LORD
of hosts
, which dwelleth
in mount
Zion
.
And when they shall say unto you, Seek
unto them that have familiar spirits
, and unto wizards
that peep
, and that mutter
: should not a people
seek
unto their God
? for the living
to the dead
?
To the law and to the testimony
: if they speak
not according to this word
, it is because there is no light
in them.
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead
and hungry
: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry
, they shall fret
themselves, and curse
their king
and their God
, and look
upward
.
And they shall look unto the earth
; and behold trouble
and darkness
, dimness
of anguish
; and they shall be driven
to darkness
.