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12 (A)“Do not join in the schemes of the people and do not be afraid of the things that they fear. 13 Remember that I, the Lord Almighty, am holy; I am the one you must fear. 14 (B)Because of my awesome holiness I am like a stone that people stumble over; I am like a trap that will catch the people of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel and the people of Jerusalem. 15 Many will stumble; they will fall and be crushed. They will be caught in a trap.”

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12 “You must not call conspiracy everything that this people calls conspiracy,
    and you must not share its fear,[a] and you must not be in dread.
13 You shall regard Yahweh of hosts as holy,
    and he is your[b] fear, and he is your dread.
14 And he will become like a sanctuary and a stumbling-stone,
    and like a stumbling-rock for the two houses of Israel,
    like a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many shall stumble among them,
    and they shall fall and they shall be broken,
    and they shall be ensnared and they shall be caught.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:12 Literally “fear its fear”
  2. Isaiah 8:13 The Hebrew is plural