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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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:11 Literally “with the strength of the hand”
  2. Isaiah 8:11 Literally “instructed me from walking”
  3. Isaiah 8:12 Literally “fear its fear”
  4. Isaiah 8:13 The Hebrew is plural

11 The Lord spoke to me, taking hold of me and warning me not to walk in the way of this people: 12 Don’t call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy. Don’t fear what they fear, and don’t be terrified. 13 It is the Lord of heavenly forces whom you should hold sacred, whom you should fear, and whom you should hold in awe.

14 God will become a sanctuary—
    but he will be a stone to trip over and a rock to stumble on for the two houses of Israel;
    a trap and a snare for those living in Jerusalem.
15 Many of them will stumble and fall,
    and be broken, snared, and captured.

16 Bind up the testimony; seal up the teaching among my disciples. 17 I will wait for the Lord, who has hidden his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in God. 18 Look! I and the children the Lord gave me are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of heavenly forces, who lives on Mount Zion.

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