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| 1. | Yahweh said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;{"Maher Shalal Hash Baz" means "quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil."}' | And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz; | Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. | ||
| 2. | and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." | And take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah. | And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. | ||
| 3. | I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said Yahweh to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.' | And I went in to my wife, and she became with child, and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, Give him the name 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. | ||
| 4. | For before the child knows how to say, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria." | For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away 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. | ||
| 5. | Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying, | And the Lord said again to me, | The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, | ||
| 6. | "Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; | Because this people will have nothing to do with the softly-flowing waters of Shiloah, and have fear of Rezin and Remaliah's son; | Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; | ||
| 7. | now 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. | For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges: | 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: | ||
| 8. | It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel. | And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; * and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us. | 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. | ||
| 9. | Make 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! | Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth: | 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 will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us." | Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us. | Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. | ||
| 11. | For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, | For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go 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, | ||
| 12. | "Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized. | Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of. | 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. | Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread. | But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him. | Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. | ||
| 14. | He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. | And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken. | 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. | Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured." | And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net. | And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. | ||
| 16. | Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples. | Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only. | Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. | ||
| 17. | I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. | And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him. | 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 Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion. | See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in 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. | ||
| 19. | When 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? | And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request 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? | ||
| 20. | Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. | Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no 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. | ||
| 21. | They will pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward, | And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high; | 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 look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness. | And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing. | And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. | ||