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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:11 DSS; MT reads instruct

11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(A) warning me not to follow(B) the way of this people:

12 “Do not call conspiracy(C)
    everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(D)
    and do not dread it.(E)
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,(F)
    he is the one you are to fear,(G)
    he is the one you are to dread.(H)

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