Isaiah 8

1Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;Cross-references: Job 19:23 · Isa 8:3 · Isa 30:8 · Jer 36:2 · Jer 36:28 · Jer 36:32 · +3 more

2and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”Cross-references: Ruth 4:2 · Ruth 4:10 · 2Ki 16:10 · 2Ki 16:15 · 2Ki 18:2 · 2Cor 13:1

3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’Cross-references: Judg 4:4 · 2Ki 22:14 · Isa 7:13 · Hos 1:3

4For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”Cross-references: Deut 1:39 · 2Ki 15:29 · 2Ki 16:9 · 2Ki 17:3 · 2Ki 17:5 · Isa 7:8 · +5 more

5Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,Cross-references: Isa 7:10

6“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;Cross-references: Judg 9:16 · 1Ki 7:16 · 2Chr 13:8 · Neh 3:15 · Isa 5:24 · Isa 7:1 · +5 more

7now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.Cross-references: Gen 6:17 · Deut 28:49 · 2Ki 17:3 · 2Ki 18:9 · Ezra 4:10 · Ps 72:8 · +18 more

8It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, O Immanuel.Cross-references: Isa 7:14 · Isa 10:28 · Isa 22:1 · Isa 28:14 · Isa 29:1 · Isa 30:28 · +3 more

9Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!Cross-references: 1Ki 20:11 · Ps 37:14 · Prov 11:21 · Isa 7:1 · Isa 14:5 · Isa 17:12 · +11 more

10Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”Cross-references: Deut 20:1 · Josh 1:5 · 2Sam 15:31 · 2Sam 17:4 · 2Sam 17:23 · 2Chr 13:12 · +22 more

11For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,Cross-references: Ps 32:8 · Prov 1:15 · Jer 15:19 · Jer 20:7 · Jer 20:9 · Ezek 2:6 · +2 more

12“Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.Cross-references: 2Ki 16:5 · Ps 53:5 · Isa 7:2 · Isa 30:1 · Isa 51:12 · Isa 57:9 · +4 more

13Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.Cross-references: Gen 31:53 · Lev 10:3 · Num 20:12 · Num 27:14 · Ps 76:7 · Isa 26:3 · +6 more

14He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.Cross-references: Ps 11:6 · Ps 46:1 · Ps 69:22 · Prov 18:10 · Isa 4:6 · Isa 24:17 · +10 more

15Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”Cross-references: Isa 28:13 · Isa 59:10 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 15:14 · Matt 21:44 · Luke 20:17 · +3 more

16Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.Cross-references: Deut 4:45 · 2Ki 11:12 · Ps 25:14 · Prov 8:8 · Isa 8:1 · Isa 8:20 · +18 more

17I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Cross-references: Gen 49:18 · Deut 31:17 · Deut 32:20 · Ps 27:14 · Ps 33:20 · Ps 37:34 · +23 more

18Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.Cross-references: 1Chr 23:25 · Ps 9:11 · Ps 22:30 · Ps 71:7 · Isa 7:3 · Isa 7:16 · +13 more

19When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?Cross-references: Lev 19:31 · Lev 20:6 · Deut 18:11 · 1Sam 28:8 · 1Sam 28:11 · 1Sam 28:16 · +11 more

20Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.Cross-references: Ps 19:7 · Ps 119:130 · Prov 4:18 · Isa 1:10 · Isa 8:16 · Isa 30:8 · +18 more

21They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,Cross-references: Ex 22:28 · Deut 28:33 · Deut 28:53 · 2Ki 6:33 · 2Ki 25:3 · Job 1:11 · +11 more

22then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.Cross-references: 2Chr 15:5 · Job 18:18 · Prov 14:32 · Isa 5:30 · Isa 8:20 · Isa 9:1 · +10 more