Isaiah 8:11-18

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¹¹For in this way the Lord spoke to me with His strong hand [upon me] and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people [behaving as they do], saying,

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“You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear nor be in dread of it.
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“It is the Lord of hosts whom you are to regard as holy and awesome.
He shall be your [source of] fear,
He shall be your [source of] dread [not man].
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“Then He shall be a sanctuary [a sacred, indestructible shelter for those who fear and trust Him];
But to both the houses of Israel [both the northern and southern kingdoms—Israel and Judah, He will be] a stone on which to stumble and a rock on which to trip,
A trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.^(A)
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“Many [among them] will stumble over them;
Then they will fall and be broken,
They will even be snared and trapped.”

¹⁶Bind up the testimony, seal the law and the teaching among my (Isaiah’s) disciples. ¹⁷And I will wait for the Lord who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look eagerly for Him. ¹⁸Listen carefully, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are ^[a]for signs and wonders [that will occur] in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 8:18 Isaiah’s own name means “Salvation of the Lord.” His two children’s names were “signs” as well, the one (see note v 1) pointing to the coming military crisis and the other (see note 7:3) to the future restoration.