Isaiah 8:11-18

New International Version

¹¹This 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)
¹³The 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)
¹⁴He will be a holy place;^(I)
    for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone^(J) that causes people to stumble^(K)
    and a rock that makes them fall.^(L)
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
    a trap and a snare.^(M)
¹⁵Many of them will stumble;^(N)
    they will fall and be broken,
    they will be snared and captured.”

¹⁶Bind up this testimony of warning^(O)
and seal^(P) up God’s instruction among my disciples.
¹⁷I will wait^(Q) for the Lord,
who is hiding^(R) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.^(S)

¹⁸Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.^(T) We are signs^(U) and symbols^(V) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.^(W)

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Isaiah 8:11-18

International Standard Version

Waiting on God

¹¹For^[a] this is what the Lord spoke to me, as his forceful hand was resting on me, and as he was warning me not to live the way this people were living:^[b]

¹²“Don’t call conspiracy everything
    that this people calls conspiracy,
and don’t fear what they fear,
    or live in terror.
¹³The Lord of the Heavenly Armies—
    he’s the one you are to regard as holy.
Let him be the one whom you fear,
    and let him be the one before whom you stand in terror!
¹⁴Then he will be a sanctuary,
    but for both houses of Israel
he’ll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself,
    a rock one stumbles over,
        a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.
¹⁵Many will stumble on them;
    They’ll fall and be broken;
        They’ll be snared and captured.

¹⁶“Bind up the testimony,
    and seal up the teaching among my disciples.
¹⁷I’ll wait for the Lord,
    who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob,
        and I’ll put my trust in him.
¹⁸Watch out! I and the children
    whom the Lord has given me
are a sign and a wonder^[c] in Israel
    from the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
        who resides on Mount Zion.”