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
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
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