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Isaiah 8
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 8
Contemporary English Version
A Warning and a Hope
8 The Lord said, “Isaiah, get something to write on. Then write in big clear letters[a] the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ.[b] 2 I will tell Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah to serve as witnesses to this.”
3 Sometime later, my wife and I had a son, and the Lord said, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4 Because before he can say ‘Mommy’ or ‘Daddy,’ the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”
5 The Lord spoke to me again and said:
6 These people have refused the gentle waters of Shiloah[c] and have gladly gone over to the side of King Rezin and King Pekah. 7 Now I will send the king of Assyria against them with his powerful army, which will attack like the mighty Euphrates River overflowing its banks. 8 Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck.
But God is with us.[d]
He will spread his wings
and protect our land.[e]
9 All of you foreign nations,
go ahead and prepare for war,
but you will be crushed.
10 Get together and make plans,
but you will fail
because God is with us.
11 The Lord took hold of me with his powerful hand and said:
I'm warning you! Don't act like these people. 12 (A) Don't call something a rebellious plot, just because they do, and don't be afraid of something, just because they are. 13 I am the one you should fear and respect. I am the holy God, the Lord All-Powerful! 14-15 (B) Run to me for protection. I am a rock that will make both Judah and Israel stumble and break their bones. I am a trap that will catch the people of Jerusalem—they will be captured and dragged away.
Isaiah and His Followers
16 My message and my teachings are to be sealed and given to my followers. 17 (C) Meanwhile, I patiently trust the Lord, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel. 18 (D) My children and I are warning signs to Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortunetellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods 20 what it should do.”
None of those who talk like that will live to see the light of day! 21 They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven 22 and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.
Footnotes
- 8.1 in big clear letters: Or “in letters everyone can understand.”
- 8.1 MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ: In Hebrew “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz” means “suddenly attacked, quickly taken.”
- 8.6 Shiloah: The canal that brought water from Gihon Spring to Jerusalem.
- 8.8 God is with us: Here and in verse 10 this translates the Hebrew word “Immanuel” (see 7.14).
- 8.8 But … land: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
이사야 8
Korean Living Bible
이사야 8
Korean Living Bible
여호와의 도구 앗시리아
8 여호와께서 나에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 필기 도구를 가져다가 큰 글씨로 [a]‘마 헬 – 살랄 – 하스 – 바스’ 라 쓰고
2 믿을 만한 사람, 곧 제사장 우리야와 여베레기야의 아들 스가랴를 증인으로 세워라.”
3 얼마 후에 내 아내가 임신하여 아들을 낳았을 때 여호와께서 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “그의 이름을 ‘마헬 – 살랄 – 하스 – 바스’ 라고 불러라.
4 그 아이가 ‘아빠’, ‘엄마’ 라고 부르기도 전에 앗시리아 왕이 다마스커스와 사마리아를 침략하여 그들의 모든 재물을 약탈해 갈 것이다.”
5 여호와께서 다시 나에게 말씀하셨다.
6 “이 백성은 [b]나의 따뜻한 보호를 거절하고 르신과 베가가 와서 도와주기를 열망하고 있다.
7 그러므로 나 여호와가 앗시리아 황제와 그의 모든 군대를 보내 예루살렘을 치게 하겠다. 그들은 유프라테스강의 홍수처럼 밀어닥쳐
8 유다 전역을 완전히 휩쓸어 버릴 것이다.” 그러나 임마누엘의 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다! 그의 편 날개가 이 땅을 보호할 것이다.
9 너희 민족들아, 전쟁으로 소란을 피울 테면 피워 봐라. 반드시 망하고 말 것이다. 너희 먼 나라들아, 들어라. 너희가 아무리 전쟁 준비를 해도 패망할 것이다.
10 너희가 아무리 궁리하고 전략을 세워도 성공하지 못할 것이다. 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다!
하나님을 두려워하라는 경고
11 여호와께서는 그 어떤 경우에도 이 백성의 길을 따르지 말라고 강력하게 경고하시며 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
12 “너는 이 백성의 책략에 가담하지 말고 그들이 무서워하는 것을 두려워하지 말아라.
13 전능한 나 여호와만이 네가 참으로 두려워해야 할 거룩한 자임을 알고 너는 아무것도 두려워하지 말아라.
14 나는 성소와 같을 것이지만 이스라엘과 유다에게는 걸려 넘어지게 하는 돌과 바위가 될 것이며 예루살렘 주민들에게는 함정과 덫이 될 것이다.
15 그래서 많은 사람들이 나 때문에 걸려 넘어지고 쓰러지며 부러질 것이요 덫에 걸릴 것이다.”
16 내 제자들아, 너희는 하나님이 나에게 주신 말씀을 소중히 간직하라.
17 이제 여호와께서 자기 백성을 외면하셨으나 나는 그를 나의 유일한 희망으로 삼고 신뢰하겠다.
18 나와 여호와께서 나에게 주신 자녀들을 보라! 우리는 시온산에 계시는 전능하신 여호와의 계획을 이 백성에게 보여 주는 표적과 상징이 되었다.
19 그러나 사람들은 너희에게 속삭이며 중얼거리는 영매와 마법사에게 가서 물어 보라고 말할 것이다. 너희는 그들의 말을 듣지 말아라. 어째서 하나님에게 물어 보지 않고 산 자를 위하여 죽은 자에게 물어야 하겠느냐?
20 너희는 하나님의 말씀에 귀를 기울이고 영매나 마법사가 하는 말을 듣지 말아라. 그들의 말에는 진리의 빛이 없다.
21 그들은 고통과 굶주림 속에서 이리저리 방황할 것이며 그들이 굶어 죽게 될 때 격분하여 하늘을 쳐다보고 자기들의 왕이신 하나님을 저주할 것이다.
22 그들이 땅을 굽어보아도 고통과 절망과 흑암밖에 없을 것이니 그들은 이 흑암 속으로 끌려들어갈 수밖에 없을 것이다.
Isaiah 8
King James Version
Isaiah 8
King James Version
8 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
4 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.
5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
7 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:
8 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.
9 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.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11 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,
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 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.
15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 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.
19 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?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 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.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah 8
New International Version
Isaiah 8
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.
- Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
Isaiah 8
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 8
Contemporary English Version
A Warning and a Hope
8 The Lord said, “Isaiah, get something to write on. Then write in big clear letters[a] the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ.[b] 2 I will tell Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah to serve as witnesses to this.”
3 Sometime later, my wife and I had a son, and the Lord said, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4 Because before he can say ‘Mommy’ or ‘Daddy,’ the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”
5 The Lord spoke to me again and said:
6 These people have refused the gentle waters of Shiloah[c] and have gladly gone over to the side of King Rezin and King Pekah. 7 Now I will send the king of Assyria against them with his powerful army, which will attack like the mighty Euphrates River overflowing its banks. 8 Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck.
But God is with us.[d]
He will spread his wings
and protect our land.[e]
9 All of you foreign nations,
go ahead and prepare for war,
but you will be crushed.
10 Get together and make plans,
but you will fail
because God is with us.
11 The Lord took hold of me with his powerful hand and said:
I'm warning you! Don't act like these people. 12 (A) Don't call something a rebellious plot, just because they do, and don't be afraid of something, just because they are. 13 I am the one you should fear and respect. I am the holy God, the Lord All-Powerful! 14-15 (B) Run to me for protection. I am a rock that will make both Judah and Israel stumble and break their bones. I am a trap that will catch the people of Jerusalem—they will be captured and dragged away.
Isaiah and His Followers
16 My message and my teachings are to be sealed and given to my followers. 17 (C) Meanwhile, I patiently trust the Lord, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel. 18 (D) My children and I are warning signs to Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortunetellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods 20 what it should do.”
None of those who talk like that will live to see the light of day! 21 They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven 22 and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.
Footnotes
- 8.1 in big clear letters: Or “in letters everyone can understand.”
- 8.1 MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ: In Hebrew “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz” means “suddenly attacked, quickly taken.”
- 8.6 Shiloah: The canal that brought water from Gihon Spring to Jerusalem.
- 8.8 God is with us: Here and in verse 10 this translates the Hebrew word “Immanuel” (see 7.14).
- 8.8 But … land: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
이사야 8
Korean Living Bible
이사야 8
Korean Living Bible
여호와의 도구 앗시리아
8 여호와께서 나에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 필기 도구를 가져다가 큰 글씨로 [a]‘마 헬 – 살랄 – 하스 – 바스’ 라 쓰고
2 믿을 만한 사람, 곧 제사장 우리야와 여베레기야의 아들 스가랴를 증인으로 세워라.”
3 얼마 후에 내 아내가 임신하여 아들을 낳았을 때 여호와께서 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “그의 이름을 ‘마헬 – 살랄 – 하스 – 바스’ 라고 불러라.
4 그 아이가 ‘아빠’, ‘엄마’ 라고 부르기도 전에 앗시리아 왕이 다마스커스와 사마리아를 침략하여 그들의 모든 재물을 약탈해 갈 것이다.”
5 여호와께서 다시 나에게 말씀하셨다.
6 “이 백성은 [b]나의 따뜻한 보호를 거절하고 르신과 베가가 와서 도와주기를 열망하고 있다.
7 그러므로 나 여호와가 앗시리아 황제와 그의 모든 군대를 보내 예루살렘을 치게 하겠다. 그들은 유프라테스강의 홍수처럼 밀어닥쳐
8 유다 전역을 완전히 휩쓸어 버릴 것이다.” 그러나 임마누엘의 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다! 그의 편 날개가 이 땅을 보호할 것이다.
9 너희 민족들아, 전쟁으로 소란을 피울 테면 피워 봐라. 반드시 망하고 말 것이다. 너희 먼 나라들아, 들어라. 너희가 아무리 전쟁 준비를 해도 패망할 것이다.
10 너희가 아무리 궁리하고 전략을 세워도 성공하지 못할 것이다. 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다!
하나님을 두려워하라는 경고
11 여호와께서는 그 어떤 경우에도 이 백성의 길을 따르지 말라고 강력하게 경고하시며 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
12 “너는 이 백성의 책략에 가담하지 말고 그들이 무서워하는 것을 두려워하지 말아라.
13 전능한 나 여호와만이 네가 참으로 두려워해야 할 거룩한 자임을 알고 너는 아무것도 두려워하지 말아라.
14 나는 성소와 같을 것이지만 이스라엘과 유다에게는 걸려 넘어지게 하는 돌과 바위가 될 것이며 예루살렘 주민들에게는 함정과 덫이 될 것이다.
15 그래서 많은 사람들이 나 때문에 걸려 넘어지고 쓰러지며 부러질 것이요 덫에 걸릴 것이다.”
16 내 제자들아, 너희는 하나님이 나에게 주신 말씀을 소중히 간직하라.
17 이제 여호와께서 자기 백성을 외면하셨으나 나는 그를 나의 유일한 희망으로 삼고 신뢰하겠다.
18 나와 여호와께서 나에게 주신 자녀들을 보라! 우리는 시온산에 계시는 전능하신 여호와의 계획을 이 백성에게 보여 주는 표적과 상징이 되었다.
19 그러나 사람들은 너희에게 속삭이며 중얼거리는 영매와 마법사에게 가서 물어 보라고 말할 것이다. 너희는 그들의 말을 듣지 말아라. 어째서 하나님에게 물어 보지 않고 산 자를 위하여 죽은 자에게 물어야 하겠느냐?
20 너희는 하나님의 말씀에 귀를 기울이고 영매나 마법사가 하는 말을 듣지 말아라. 그들의 말에는 진리의 빛이 없다.
21 그들은 고통과 굶주림 속에서 이리저리 방황할 것이며 그들이 굶어 죽게 될 때 격분하여 하늘을 쳐다보고 자기들의 왕이신 하나님을 저주할 것이다.
22 그들이 땅을 굽어보아도 고통과 절망과 흑암밖에 없을 것이니 그들은 이 흑암 속으로 끌려들어갈 수밖에 없을 것이다.
Isaiah 8
King James Version
Isaiah 8
King James Version
8 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
4 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.
5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
7 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:
8 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.
9 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.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11 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,
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 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.
15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 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.
19 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?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 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.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah 8
New International Version
Isaiah 8
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.
- Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
Isaiah 8
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 8
Contemporary English Version
A Warning and a Hope
8 The Lord said, “Isaiah, get something to write on. Then write in big clear letters[a] the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ.[b] 2 I will tell Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah to serve as witnesses to this.”
3 Sometime later, my wife and I had a son, and the Lord said, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 4 Because before he can say ‘Mommy’ or ‘Daddy,’ the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”
5 The Lord spoke to me again and said:
6 These people have refused the gentle waters of Shiloah[c] and have gladly gone over to the side of King Rezin and King Pekah. 7 Now I will send the king of Assyria against them with his powerful army, which will attack like the mighty Euphrates River overflowing its banks. 8 Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck.
But God is with us.[d]
He will spread his wings
and protect our land.[e]
9 All of you foreign nations,
go ahead and prepare for war,
but you will be crushed.
10 Get together and make plans,
but you will fail
because God is with us.
11 The Lord took hold of me with his powerful hand and said:
I'm warning you! Don't act like these people. 12 (A) Don't call something a rebellious plot, just because they do, and don't be afraid of something, just because they are. 13 I am the one you should fear and respect. I am the holy God, the Lord All-Powerful! 14-15 (B) Run to me for protection. I am a rock that will make both Judah and Israel stumble and break their bones. I am a trap that will catch the people of Jerusalem—they will be captured and dragged away.
Isaiah and His Followers
16 My message and my teachings are to be sealed and given to my followers. 17 (C) Meanwhile, I patiently trust the Lord, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel. 18 (D) My children and I are warning signs to Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortunetellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods 20 what it should do.”
None of those who talk like that will live to see the light of day! 21 They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven 22 and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.
Footnotes
- 8.1 in big clear letters: Or “in letters everyone can understand.”
- 8.1 MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ: In Hebrew “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz” means “suddenly attacked, quickly taken.”
- 8.6 Shiloah: The canal that brought water from Gihon Spring to Jerusalem.
- 8.8 God is with us: Here and in verse 10 this translates the Hebrew word “Immanuel” (see 7.14).
- 8.8 But … land: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
이사야 8
Korean Living Bible
이사야 8
Korean Living Bible
여호와의 도구 앗시리아
8 여호와께서 나에게 말씀하셨다. “너는 필기 도구를 가져다가 큰 글씨로 [a]‘마 헬 – 살랄 – 하스 – 바스’ 라 쓰고
2 믿을 만한 사람, 곧 제사장 우리야와 여베레기야의 아들 스가랴를 증인으로 세워라.”
3 얼마 후에 내 아내가 임신하여 아들을 낳았을 때 여호와께서 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “그의 이름을 ‘마헬 – 살랄 – 하스 – 바스’ 라고 불러라.
4 그 아이가 ‘아빠’, ‘엄마’ 라고 부르기도 전에 앗시리아 왕이 다마스커스와 사마리아를 침략하여 그들의 모든 재물을 약탈해 갈 것이다.”
5 여호와께서 다시 나에게 말씀하셨다.
6 “이 백성은 [b]나의 따뜻한 보호를 거절하고 르신과 베가가 와서 도와주기를 열망하고 있다.
7 그러므로 나 여호와가 앗시리아 황제와 그의 모든 군대를 보내 예루살렘을 치게 하겠다. 그들은 유프라테스강의 홍수처럼 밀어닥쳐
8 유다 전역을 완전히 휩쓸어 버릴 것이다.” 그러나 임마누엘의 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다! 그의 편 날개가 이 땅을 보호할 것이다.
9 너희 민족들아, 전쟁으로 소란을 피울 테면 피워 봐라. 반드시 망하고 말 것이다. 너희 먼 나라들아, 들어라. 너희가 아무리 전쟁 준비를 해도 패망할 것이다.
10 너희가 아무리 궁리하고 전략을 세워도 성공하지 못할 것이다. 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다!
하나님을 두려워하라는 경고
11 여호와께서는 그 어떤 경우에도 이 백성의 길을 따르지 말라고 강력하게 경고하시며 나에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다.
12 “너는 이 백성의 책략에 가담하지 말고 그들이 무서워하는 것을 두려워하지 말아라.
13 전능한 나 여호와만이 네가 참으로 두려워해야 할 거룩한 자임을 알고 너는 아무것도 두려워하지 말아라.
14 나는 성소와 같을 것이지만 이스라엘과 유다에게는 걸려 넘어지게 하는 돌과 바위가 될 것이며 예루살렘 주민들에게는 함정과 덫이 될 것이다.
15 그래서 많은 사람들이 나 때문에 걸려 넘어지고 쓰러지며 부러질 것이요 덫에 걸릴 것이다.”
16 내 제자들아, 너희는 하나님이 나에게 주신 말씀을 소중히 간직하라.
17 이제 여호와께서 자기 백성을 외면하셨으나 나는 그를 나의 유일한 희망으로 삼고 신뢰하겠다.
18 나와 여호와께서 나에게 주신 자녀들을 보라! 우리는 시온산에 계시는 전능하신 여호와의 계획을 이 백성에게 보여 주는 표적과 상징이 되었다.
19 그러나 사람들은 너희에게 속삭이며 중얼거리는 영매와 마법사에게 가서 물어 보라고 말할 것이다. 너희는 그들의 말을 듣지 말아라. 어째서 하나님에게 물어 보지 않고 산 자를 위하여 죽은 자에게 물어야 하겠느냐?
20 너희는 하나님의 말씀에 귀를 기울이고 영매나 마법사가 하는 말을 듣지 말아라. 그들의 말에는 진리의 빛이 없다.
21 그들은 고통과 굶주림 속에서 이리저리 방황할 것이며 그들이 굶어 죽게 될 때 격분하여 하늘을 쳐다보고 자기들의 왕이신 하나님을 저주할 것이다.
22 그들이 땅을 굽어보아도 고통과 절망과 흑암밖에 없을 것이니 그들은 이 흑암 속으로 끌려들어갈 수밖에 없을 것이다.
Isaiah 8
King James Version
Isaiah 8
King James Version
8 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
4 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.
5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
7 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:
8 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.
9 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.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
11 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,
12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 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.
15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 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.
19 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?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
21 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.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah 8
New International Version
Isaiah 8
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.
- Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
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