Isaiah Chapter 8:

Verses from Isaiah 8 from the Book of Isaiah in the Bible.

Assyria - the instrument of the Lord

• 1. The Almighty instructed me: “Take a large piece of parchment and clearly inscribe on it: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
• 2. And invite Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah to be reliable witnesses.”
• 3. Then I joined the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a boy. The Lord commanded me: “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
• 4. For before the boy can call 'father' or 'mother', the riches of Damascus and the treasures of Samaria will be plundered by the king of Assyria”.
• 5. The Lord again addressed me:
• 6. “Since this people renounced the still waters of Siloam, and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
• 7. The Lord will bring against them the turbulent and destructive waters of the Euphrates, the king of Assyria with all his strength. They will go beyond your beds, cover all your banks
• 8. and they will flood Judah, submerging it up to the neck. His outstretched arms will roam throughout your land, O Emmanuel!”
• 9. Persist in your wickedness, O nations, and you will be ruined! Listen, far lands: Even if you arm yourself for battle, you will be ruined! Yes, even if they arm themselves for battle, they will be ruined!
• 10. Even if you create strategies, they will be useless; even if they make plans, they will not succeed, because God is with us!
• 11. The Lord spoke to me intensely, warning me not to follow the path of these people. He said:
• 12. “Do not call anything that this people calls a conspiracy a conspiracy; fear not what they fear, nor be dismayed.
• 13. The Lord of hosts is whom you should revere, in him you should be afraid, of him you should be terrified.
• 14. For the two kingdoms of Israel he will be a sanctuary, but also a stumbling block, a rock that causes to fall. And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem he will be a snare and a trap.
• 15. Many of them will stumble and fall and be broken, trapped and captured.”
• 16. Preserve the commandment with zeal and enshrine the law among my disciples.
• 17. I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the lineage of Jacob. I will put my faith in him.
• 18. Here I am with the children the Lord has given me. In Israel we are indicative and symbolic of the Lord of hosts, who resides on Mount Zion.
• 19. When he is told, "Find a medium or one who invokes spirits and whispers incantations, for all consult their gods and the dead for the benefit of the living,"
• 20. answer: “For the law and the commandments!” If they don't speak according to this word, they will never see the light!
• 21. Forsaken and hungry they shall roam the land; when they are hungry, they will rage and, lifting up their eyes, will curse their king and their God.
• 22. Then they will look at the land and see only anguish, darkness and frightening darkness, and they will be cast into deep darkness.