Isaiah 8:11-18
Christian Standard Bible
The Lord of Armies, the Only Refuge
11 For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep[a] me from going the way of this people:(A)
12 Do not call everything a conspiracy
that these people say is a conspiracy.(B)
Do not fear what they fear;(C)
do not be terrified.
13 You are to regard only the Lord of Armies as holy.(D)
Only he should be feared;(E)
only he should be held in awe.
14 He will be a sanctuary;(F)
but for the two houses of Israel,
he will be a stone(G) to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,(H)
and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 Many will stumble over these;(I)
they will fall and be broken;
they will be snared and captured.
16 Bind up the testimony.(J)
Seal up the instruction(K) among my disciples.
17 I will wait for the Lord,(L)
who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.(M)
I will wait for him.
18 Here I am with the children the Lord has given me(N) to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion.
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- 8:11 DSS; MT reads instruct
Isaiah 8:11-18
New American Standard Bible
11 For 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.
13 It 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.
14 Then 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.
15 Many (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. 17 And 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.
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- Isaiah 8:11 Lit according to the strength of hand
- Isaiah 8:12 Lit their fear
- Isaiah 8:14 Or to trip on
- Isaiah 8:16 Or teaching
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