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Isaiah 8-10
New American Standard Bible

Damascus and Samaria Fall

8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and (A)write on it [a]in ordinary letters: [b](B)Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And [c]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, (C)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” 3 So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him [d](D)Maher-shalal-hash-baz; 4 for (E)before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of (F)Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

5 Again the Lord spoke to me further, saying,

6 “Inasmuch as these people have (G)rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in (H)Rezin and the son of Remaliah;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the (I)strong and abundant waters of the (J)Euphrates River,
That is, the (K)king of Assyria and all his glory;
And it will (L)rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
8 Then (M)it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
It will (N)reach as far as the neck;
And the spread of its wings will [e]fill the expanse of [f]your land, (O)Immanuel.

A Believing Remnant

9 “(P)Be broken, you peoples, and be [g](Q)shattered;
And listen, all remote places of the earth.
[h]Get ready, yet be [i]shattered;
[j]Get ready, yet be [k]shattered.
10 (R)Devise a plan, but it will fail;
State a [l]proposal, but (S)it will not stand,
For [m](T)God is with us.”

11 For so the Lord spoke to me [n]with (U)mighty power and instructed me (V)not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

12 “You are not to say, ‘It is a (W)conspiracy!’
Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy,
And (X)you are not to fear [o]what they fear or be in dread of it.
13 It is the (Y)Lord of armies (Z)whom you are to regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.
14 Then He will become a (AA)sanctuary;
But to both houses of Israel, He will be a (AB)stone of stumbling and a rock [p]of offense,
And a snare and a (AC)trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many (AD)will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will be snared and caught.”

16 (AE)Bind up the testimony, (AF)seal the [q]Law among (AG)my disciples. 17 And I will (AH)wait for the Lord (AI)who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him. 18 (AJ)Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for (AK)signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, who (AL)dwells on Mount Zion.

19 When they say to you, “(AM)Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should a people not (AN)consult their God? Should they (AO)consult the dead in behalf of the living? 20 To the [r](AP)Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance with this word, it is because (AQ)they have no dawn. 21 They will pass through [s]the land (AR)dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse [t]their king and their God as they face upward. 22 Then they will (AS)look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be (AT)driven away into darkness.

Birth and Reign of the Prince of Peace

9 [u]But there will be no more (AU)gloom for her who was in anguish. In earlier times He (AV)treated the (AW)land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He will make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the [v]Gentiles.

2 [w](AX)The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.
3 (AY)You will multiply the nation,
You (AZ)will [x]increase [y]their joy;
They will rejoice in Your presence
As with the joy [z]of harvest,
As people (BA)rejoice when they divide the spoils.
4 For (BB)You will break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders,
The rod of their (BC)oppressor, as [aa]at the battle of (BD)Midian.
5 For every boot of the marching warrior in the roar of battle,
And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
6 For a (BE)Child will be born to us, a (BF)Son will be given to us;
And the (BG)government will [ab]rest (BH)on His shoulders;
And His name will be called (BI)Wonderful Counselor, (BJ)Mighty God,
Eternal (BK)Father, Prince of (BL)Peace.
7 There will be (BM)no end to the increase of His government or of peace
On the (BN)throne of David and over [ac]his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with (BO)justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
(BP)The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this.

God’s Anger with Israel’s Arrogance

8 The Lord sends a [ad]message against Jacob,
And it falls on Israel.
9 And all the people know it,
That is, (BQ)Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in (BR)arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will (BS)rebuild with smooth stones;
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Lord raises superior adversaries against them from (BT)Rezin
And provokes their enemies,
12 The Arameans from the east and the (BU)Philistines from the west;
And they (BV)devour Israel with [ae]gaping jaws.
(BW)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.

13 Yet the people (BX)do not turn back to Him who struck them,
Nor do they (BY)seek the Lord of armies.
14 So the Lord cuts off (BZ)head and tail from Israel,
Both palm branch and bulrush (CA)in a single day.
15 The head is (CB)the elder and esteemed man,
And the prophet who teaches (CC)falsehood is the tail.
16 (CD)For those who guide this people are leading them astray;
And those who are guided by them are [af]confused.
17 Therefore the Lord does (CE)not rejoice over their young men,
(CF)Nor does He have compassion on their [ag]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is (CG)godless and an (CH)evildoer,
And every (CI)mouth is speaking foolishness.
(CJ)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.

18 (CK)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the (CL)wrath of the Lord of armies the (CM)land is burned,
And the (CN)people are like fuel for the fire;
No (CO)one spares his brother.
20 [ah]They devour what is on the right hand but are still (CP)hungry,
And [ai]they eat what is on the left hand, but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the (CQ)flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
(CR)And together they are against Judah.
(CS)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Assyria Is God’s Instrument

10 Woe to those who (CT)enact unjust statutes
And to those who constantly record [aj]harmful decisions,
2 So as (CU)to [ak]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor among My people of their rights,
So (CV)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [al]orphans.
3 Now (CW)what will you do in the (CX)day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come (CY)from afar?
(CZ)To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch [am]among the (DA)captives
Or fall [an]among those (DB)killed.
(DC)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

5 Woe to (DD)Assyria, the (DE)rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is (DF)My indignation,
6 I send it against a (DG)godless nation
And commission it against the (DH)people of My fury
To capture spoils and (DI)to seize plunder,
And to [ao]trample them down like (DJ)mud in the streets.
7 Yet it (DK)does not so intend,
Nor does [ap]it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is [aq]its purpose to destroy
And to eliminate [ar]many nations.
8 For it says, “Are not my officers [as]all kings?
9 Is not (DL)Calno like (DM)Carchemish,
Or (DN)Hamath like Arpad,
Or (DO)Samaria like (DP)Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the (DQ)kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 Shall I not do the same to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and (DR)her idols?”

12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His (DS)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [at]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and (DT)the arrogant pride of his eyes.” 13 For (DU)he has said,

“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
Because I have understanding;
And I (DV)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a powerful man I brought down [au]their inhabitants,
14 And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a (DW)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing, opened its beak, or chirped.”

15 Is the (DX)axe to (DY)boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like (DZ)a [av]club wielding those who lift it,
Or like (EA)a rod lifting the one who is not wood.
16 Therefore the Lord, the [aw]God of armies, will send a (EB)wasting disease among his (EC)stout warriors;
And under his (ED)glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
17 And the (EE)Light of Israel will become a fire and [ax]Israel’s (EF)Holy One a flame,
And it will (EG)burn and devour [ay]his thorns and his briars in a single day.
18 And He will (EH)destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the (EI)rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.

A Remnant Will Return

20 Now on that day the (EJ)remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob (EK)who have escaped, will no longer rely on the one who struck them, but will truly (EL)rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

21 A (EM)remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the (EN)mighty God.
22 For (EO)though your people, Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A (EP)destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

23 For a complete destruction, one that is determined, (EQ)the Lord [az]God of armies will execute in the midst of the whole land.

24 Therefore this is what the Lord [ba]God of armies says: “My people, you who dwell in (ER)Zion, (ES)do not fear the Assyrian [bb]who (ET)strikes you with the rod, and lifts up his staff against you the way Egypt did. 25 For in a very (EU)little while (EV)My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.” 26 The Lord of armies will (EW)wield a whip against him like the defeat of (EX)Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His (EY)staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up (EZ)the way He did in Egypt. 27 So it will be on that day, that [bc]his (FA)burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because (FB)of fatness.

28 He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through (FC)Migron;
At (FD)Michmash he deposited his (FE)baggage.
29 They have gone through (FF)the pass, saying,
“(FG)Geba will be our encampment for the night.”
(FH)Ramah is terrified, and (FI)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of (FJ)Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and [bd]wretched (FK)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Yet today he will halt at (FL)Nob;
He (FM)shakes his fist at the mountain of the [be](FN)daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord, the [bf]God of armies, will lop off the branches with terrifying power;
Those also who are (FO)tall in stature will be cut down,
And those who are lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And (FP)Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 Lit with the stylus of man
  2. Isaiah 8:1 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey
  3. Isaiah 8:2 Another reading is take for me
  4. Isaiah 8:3 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey
  5. Isaiah 8:8 Lit be the fullness of
  6. Isaiah 8:8 Or Your
  7. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  8. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  9. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  10. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  11. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  12. Isaiah 8:10 Lit word
  13. Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanu-el
  14. Isaiah 8:11 Lit according to the strength of hand
  15. Isaiah 8:12 Lit their fear
  16. Isaiah 8:14 Or to trip on
  17. Isaiah 8:16 Or teaching
  18. Isaiah 8:20 Or teaching
  19. Isaiah 8:21 Lit it
  20. Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king
  21. Isaiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb
  22. Isaiah 9:1 Or nations
  23. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
  24. Isaiah 9:3 Another reading is not increase
  25. Isaiah 9:3 Lit the
  26. Isaiah 9:3 Lit in
  27. Isaiah 9:4 Lit in the day of Midian
  28. Isaiah 9:6 Lit be
  29. Isaiah 9:7 I.e., David’s
  30. Isaiah 9:8 Lit word
  31. Isaiah 9:12 Lit the whole mouth
  32. Isaiah 9:16 Or swallowed up
  33. Isaiah 9:17 Or fatherless
  34. Isaiah 9:20 Lit And he slices
  35. Isaiah 9:20 Lit he eats
  36. Isaiah 10:1 Lit harm
  37. Isaiah 10:2 Lit turn the needy aside from
  38. Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless
  39. Isaiah 10:4 Lit under
  40. Isaiah 10:4 Lit under
  41. Isaiah 10:6 Lit make them a trampled place
  42. Isaiah 10:7 Lit its heart so plan
  43. Isaiah 10:7 Lit in its heart
  44. Isaiah 10:7 Lit not a few
  45. Isaiah 10:8 Lit altogether
  46. Isaiah 10:12 Lit visit
  47. Isaiah 10:13 Or those who sit on thrones
  48. Isaiah 10:15 Lit staff
  49. Isaiah 10:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  50. Isaiah 10:17 Lit his
  51. Isaiah 10:17 I.e., the Assyrian king’s forces
  52. Isaiah 10:23 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  53. Isaiah 10:24 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  54. Isaiah 10:24 Lit he
  55. Isaiah 10:27 I.e., the Assyrian
  56. Isaiah 10:30 An ancient version reads Answer her, O Anathoth
  57. Isaiah 10:32 Another reading is house of
  58. Isaiah 10:33 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
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Isaiah 8-10
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Isaiah and His Children as Signs

8 The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll(A) and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[a](B) 2 So I called in Uriah(C) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses(D) for me. 3 Then I made love to the prophetess,(E) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.(F) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.(G) 4 For before the boy knows(H) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(I) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(J)”

5 The Lord spoke to me again:

6 “Because this people has rejected(K)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(L)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,(M)
7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(N) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(O) with all his pomp.(P)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(Q)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(R)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(S) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[b]!”(T)

9 Raise the war cry,[c](U) you nations, and be shattered!(V)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(W) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(X)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(Y)
    for God is with us.[d](Z)

11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(AA) warning me not to follow(AB) the way of this people:

12 “Do not call conspiracy(AC)
    everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(AD)
    and do not dread it.(AE)
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,(AF)
    he is the one you are to fear,(AG)
    he is the one you are to dread.(AH)
14 He will be a holy place;(AI)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(AJ) that causes people to stumble(AK)
    and a rock that makes them fall.(AL)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.(AM)
15 Many of them will stumble;(AN)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”

16 Bind up this testimony of warning(AO)
    and seal(AP) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait(AQ) for the Lord,
    who is hiding(AR) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.(AS)

18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(AT) We are signs(AU) and symbols(AV) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(AW)

The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(AX) mediums and spiritists,(AY) who whisper and mutter,(AZ) should not a people inquire(BA) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(BB) and the testimony of warning.(BC) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(BD) of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry,(BE) they will roam through the land;(BF) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(BG) their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,(BH) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.(BI)

9 [e]Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom(BJ) for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,(BK) but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

2 The people walking in darkness(BL)
    have seen a great light;(BM)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(BN)
    a light has dawned.(BO)
3 You have enlarged the nation(BP)
    and increased their joy;(BQ)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.(BR)
4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(BS)
    you have shattered(BT)
the yoke(BU) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,(BV)
    the rod of their oppressor.(BW)
5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle
    and every garment rolled in blood
will be destined for burning,(BX)
    will be fuel for the fire.
6 For to us a child is born,(BY)
    to us a son is given,(BZ)
    and the government(CA) will be on his shoulders.(CB)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,(CC) Mighty God,(CD)
    Everlasting(CE) Father,(CF) Prince of Peace.(CG)
7 Of the greatness of his government(CH) and peace(CI)
    there will be no end.(CJ)
He will reign(CK) on David’s throne
    and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
    with justice(CL) and righteousness(CM)
    from that time on and forever.(CN)
The zeal(CO) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

8 The Lord has sent a message(CP) against Jacob;
    it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
    Ephraim(CQ) and the inhabitants of Samaria(CR)—
who say with pride
    and arrogance(CS) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(CT)
the fig(CU) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.(CV)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(CW) foes against them
    and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(CX) from the east and Philistines(CY) from the west
    have devoured(CZ) Israel with open mouth.

Yet for all this, his anger(DA) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(DB)

13 But the people have not returned(DC) to him who struck(DD) them,
    nor have they sought(DE) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed(DF) in a single day;(DG)
15 the elders(DH) and dignitaries(DI) are the head,
    the prophets(DJ) who teach lies(DK) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(DL) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.(DM)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(DN)
    nor will he pity(DO) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(DP) and wicked,(DQ)
    every mouth speaks folly.(DR)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(DS)

18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(DT)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(DU)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(DV)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(DW) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(DX)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(DY)
    they will not spare one another.(DZ)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(EA)
on the left they will eat,(EB)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[f]:
21     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(EC)
    together they will turn against Judah.(ED)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(EE)

10 Woe(EF) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,(EG)
2 to deprive(EH) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(EI)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(EJ)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(EK)
    when disaster(EL) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(EM)
    Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(EN)
    or fall among the slain.(EO)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(EP)
    his hand is still upraised.

God’s Judgment on Assyria

5 “Woe(EQ) to the Assyrian,(ER) the rod(ES) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(ET) of my wrath!(EU)
6 I send him against a godless(EV) nation,
    I dispatch(EW) him against a people who anger me,(EX)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(EY)
    and to trample(EZ) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(FA)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders(FB) all kings?’ he says.
9     ‘Has not Kalno(FC) fared like Carchemish?(FD)
Is not Hamath(FE) like Arpad,(FF)
    and Samaria(FG) like Damascus?(FH)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(FI)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(FJ)’”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(FK) against Mount Zion(FL) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(FM) for the willful pride(FN) of his heart and the haughty look(FO) in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand(FP) I have done this,(FQ)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;(FR)
    like a mighty one I subdued[g] their kings.(FS)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(FT)
    so my hand reached for the wealth(FU) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;(FV)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.(FW)’”

15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(FX)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club(FY) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(FZ) upon his sturdy warriors;(GA)
under his pomp(GB) a fire(GC) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(GD)
    their Holy One(GE) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(GF) and his briers.(GG)
18 The splendor of his forests(GH) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(GI)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(GJ) will be so few(GK)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(GL) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(GM) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(GN) on him
    who struck them down(GO)
but will truly rely(GP) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(GQ)
21 A remnant(GR) will return,[h](GS) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.(GT)
22 Though your people be like the sand(GU) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(GV)
Destruction has been decreed,(GW)
    overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed(GX) upon the whole land.(GY)

24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,(GZ)
    do not be afraid(HA) of the Assyrians,
who beat(HB) you with a rod(HC)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(HD) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath(HE) will be directed to their destruction.(HF)”

26 The Lord Almighty will lash(HG) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian(HH) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(HI) over the waters,(HJ)
    as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(HK) their burden(HL) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(HM) from your neck;(HN)
the yoke(HO) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[i]

28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(HP)
    they store supplies(HQ) at Mikmash.(HR)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(HS)”
Ramah(HT) trembles;
    Gibeah(HU) of Saul flees.(HV)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(HW)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!(HX)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(HY)
    they will shake their fist(HZ)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(IA)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(IB) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(IC)
    the tall(ID) ones will be brought low.(IE)
34 He will cut down(IF) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(IG) will fall before the Mighty One.(IH)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.
  2. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
  3. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  4. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
  5. Isaiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.
  6. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
  7. Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
  8. Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
  9. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders
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Hebrews 8
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A Better Ministry

8 Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a (A)high priest, who has taken His seat at (B)the right hand of the throne of the (C)Majesty in the heavens, 2 a (D)minister [a]in the sanctuary and [b]in the (E)true [c]tabernacle, which the Lord (F)set up, not man. 3 For every (G)high priest is appointed (H)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are [d]those who (I)offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve (J)a copy and (K)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [e]was (L)warned by God when he was about to erect the [f]tabernacle; for, “(M)See,” He says, “that you make all things by the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the (N)mediator of (O)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

A New Covenant

7 For (P)if that first covenant had been free of fault, no [g]circumstances would have been sought for a second. 8 For in finding fault with [h]the people, He says,

“(Q)Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
[i]When I will bring about (R)a new covenant
With the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
9 (S)Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers
On the day I took them by the hand
To bring them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care about them, says the Lord.
10 (T)For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, declares the Lord:
[j]I will put My laws into their minds,
And write them (U)on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 (V)And they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen,
And each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For (W)they will all know Me,
From [k]the least to the greatest of them.
12 (X)For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings,
(Y)And their sins I will no longer remember.”

13 [l]When He said, “(Z)A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. (AA)But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is [m]about to disappear.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:2 Or of
  2. Hebrews 8:2 Or of
  3. Hebrews 8:2 Or sacred tent
  4. Hebrews 8:4 I.e., temple priests
  5. Hebrews 8:5 Lit has been
  6. Hebrews 8:5 Or sacred tent
  7. Hebrews 8:7 Lit place
  8. Hebrews 8:8 Lit them
  9. Hebrews 8:8 Lit And
  10. Hebrews 8:10 Lit Putting my laws into...
  11. Hebrews 8:11 Lit small to great of them
  12. Hebrews 8:13 Or In His saying
  13. Hebrews 8:13 Or near destruction
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Hebrews 8
New International Version

The High Priest of a New Covenant

8 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,(A) who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,(B) 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(C) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

3 Every high priest(D) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(E) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(F) 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(G) 5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(H) and shadow(I) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(J) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](K) 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(L) of which he is mediator(M) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(N) 8 But God found fault with the people and said[b]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(O)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors(P)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(Q) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(R)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(S)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(T)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(U)”[c](V)

13 By calling this covenant “new,”(W) he has made the first one obsolete;(X) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
  3. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34
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