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80 lines
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The Coming Assyrian Invasion
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# Chapter 8
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1. Then the Lord said to me, "Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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2. I have appointed trustworthy witnesses--the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah."
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3. I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, "Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
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4. for before the boy knows how to call 'Father,' or 'Mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria."
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5. The Lord spoke to me again:
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6. Because these people rejected
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the slowly flowing water of Shiloah
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and rejoiced with Rezin
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and the son of Remaliah,
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7. the Lord will certainly bring against them
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the mighty rushing water of the Euphrates River--
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the king of Assyria and all his glory.
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It will overflow its channels
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and spill over all its banks.
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8. It will pour into Judah,
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flood over it, and sweep through,
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reaching up to the neck;
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and its flooded banks
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will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
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9. Band together, peoples, and be broken;
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pay attention, all you distant lands;
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prepare for war, and be broken;
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prepare for war, and be broken.
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10. Devise a plan; it will fail.
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Make a prediction; it will not happen.
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For God is with us.
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The Lord of Armies, the Only Refuge
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11. For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:
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12. Do not call everything a conspiracy
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that these people say is a conspiracy.
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Do not fear what they fear;
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do not be terrified.
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13. You are to regard only the Lord of Armies as holy.
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Only he should be feared;
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only he should be held in awe.
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14. He will be a sanctuary;
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but for the two houses of Israel,
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he will be a stone to stumble over
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and a rock to trip over,
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and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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15. Many will stumble over these;
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they will fall and be broken;
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they will be snared and captured.
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16. Bind up the testimony.
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Seal up the instruction among my disciples.
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17. I will wait for the Lord,
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who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.
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I will wait for him.
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18. Here I am with the children the Lord has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion.
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19. When they say to you, "Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter," shouldn't a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
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20. Go to God's instruction and testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
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21. They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
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22. They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.
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