13 It is the (A)Lord of armies (B)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 (C)sanctuary;
But to both houses of Israel, He will be a (D)stone of stumbling and a rock [a]of offense,
And a snare and a (E)trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many (F)will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will be snared and caught.”

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:14 Or to trip on
  2. Isaiah 8:16 Or teaching

13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,(A)
    he is the one you are to fear,(B)
    he is the one you are to dread.(C)
14 He will be a holy place;(D)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone(E) that causes people to stumble(F)
    and a rock that makes them fall.(G)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.(H)
15 Many of them will stumble;(I)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”

16 Bind up this testimony of warning(J)
    and seal(K) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait(L) for the Lord,
    who is hiding(M) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.(N)

18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(O) We are signs(P) and symbols(Q) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(R)

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