Moreover the Lord
said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write
in it with a man's pen concerning
Mahershalalhashbaz.
02 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to
record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son
of Jeberechiah.
03 And I went unto the prophetess; and she
conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to
me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
04 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.
05 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,
06 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters
of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin
and Remaliah's son;
07 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:
08 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.
09 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.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to
nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand:
for God is with us.
11 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,
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12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom
this people shall say, A confederacy; neither
fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; 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 many among them shall stumble, and fall,
and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
disciples.
17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his
face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for
him.
18 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.
19 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?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak
not according to this word, it is because there
is no light in them.
21 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.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold
trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and
they shall be driven to darkness.
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