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Assyrian Invasion Prophesied
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
“Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates —
the king of Assyria with all his pomp.
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates —
the king of Assyria with all his pomp.
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
A Call to Fear God
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
“Do not call conspiracy
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
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.
Many of them will stumble;
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Bind up this testimony of warning
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
The Darkness Turns to Light
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Afflictions to Idolaters
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.