Isaiah 8:11-18

New American Standard Bible

¹¹For so the Lord spoke to me ^[a]with ^(A)mighty power and instructed me ^(B)not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

¹²“You are not to say, ‘It is a ^(C)conspiracy!’
Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy,
And ^(D)you are not to fear ^[b]what they fear or be in dread of it.
¹³It is the ^(E)Lord of armies ^(F)whom you are to regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.
¹⁴Then He will become a ^(G)sanctuary;
But to both houses of Israel, He will be a ^(H)stone of stumbling and a rock ^[c]of offense,
And a snare and a ^(I)trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
¹⁵Many ^(J)will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will be snared and caught.”

¹⁶^(K)Bind up the testimony, ^(L)seal the ^[d]Law among ^(M)my disciples. ¹⁷And I will ^(N)wait for the Lord ^(O)who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him. ¹⁸^(P)Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for ^(Q)signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, who ^(R)dwells on Mount Zion.