Isaiah 8:11-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord of Hosts, 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 an alliance
these people say is an alliance.(B)
Do not fear what they fear;(C)
do not be terrified.
13 You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts 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 Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.
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- Isaiah 8:11 DSS; MT reads instruct
Isaiah 8:11-18
Common English Bible
11 The Lord spoke to me, taking hold of me and warning me not to walk in the way of this people: 12 Don’t call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy. Don’t fear what they fear, and don’t be terrified. 13 It is the Lord of heavenly forces whom you should hold sacred, whom you should fear, and whom you should hold in awe.
14 God will become a sanctuary—
but he will be a stone to trip over and a rock to stumble on for the two houses of Israel;
a trap and a snare for those living in Jerusalem.
15 Many of them will stumble and fall,
and be broken, snared, and captured.
16 Bind up the testimony; seal up the teaching among my disciples. 17 I will wait for the Lord, who has hidden his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in God. 18 Look! I and the children the Lord gave me are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of heavenly forces, who lives on Mount Zion.
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