Isaiah 8:11-18
Lexham English Bible
Wait for Yahweh
11 For Yahweh said this to me while his hand weighed heavily on me,[a]
and he warned me not to walk[b] in the way of this people, saying,
12 “You must not call conspiracy everything that this people calls conspiracy,
and you must not share its fear,[c] and you must not be in dread.
13 You shall regard Yahweh of hosts as holy,
and he is your[d] 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.”
16 Bind up the testimony;
seal the teaching among my disciples.
17 And I will wait for Yahweh,
who hides his face from the house of Jacob,
and I will await him.
18 Look! I and the children whom Yahweh has given to me are like signs and portents in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, the one who dwells on the mountain of Zion.
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- Isaiah 8:11 Literally “with the strength of the hand”
- Isaiah 8:11 Literally “instructed me from walking”
- Isaiah 8:12 Literally “fear its fear”
- Isaiah 8:13 The Hebrew is plural
Isaiah 8:11-18
American Standard Version
11 For Jehovah spake thus to me [a]with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof. 13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And [b]many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the [c]law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
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- Isaiah 8:11 Hebrew with strength of hand.
- Isaiah 8:15 Or, many among them shall stumble, and fall etc.
- Isaiah 8:16 Or, teaching
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