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| [1]Moreouer the Lorde sayde vnto me, Take thee a great roule, and wryte in it as men do with a pen: make hastie speede to rob, and haste to the spoyle |
[1]And Jehovah saith unto me, `Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.' |
| [2]And I called vnto me faythfull witnesses to recorde, Uriah the priest, and Zachariah the sonne of Barachiah |
[2]And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah. |
| [3]After that went I vnto the prophetisse, and she conceaued & bare a sonne: Then sayde the Lord to me, Geue him his name, a speedie robber, an hastie spoyler |
[3]And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, `Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz, |
| [4]For why, or euer the chylde shall haue knowledge to crye my father and mother, shall the riches of Damascus and the spoyle of Samaria be taken away before the kyng of the Assyrians |
[4]for before the youth doth know to cry, My father, and My mother, one taketh away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur.' |
| [5]The Lorde spake also vnto me agayne, saying |
[5]And Jehovah addeth to speak unto me again, saying: |
| [6]Forsomuche as this people refuseth the styll running water of Silo, and put their delight in Razin and Romelies sonne |
[6]`Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah, |
| [7]Beholde, the Lord shall bryng mightie and great fluddes of water vpon them, namely the king of the Assyrians with all his power, whiche shall climbe vp vpon all his fluddes, and runne ouer all his bankes |
[7]Therefore, lo, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great, (The king of Asshur, and all his glory,) And it hath gone up over all its streams, And hath gone on over all its banks. |
| [8]And shall breake in vpon Iuda, he shall flowe and passe thorowe, tyll he come vp to the necke thereof: he shall fill also the widenesse of thy lande with his wynges O Emmanuel |
[8]And it hath passed on into Judah, It hath overflown and passed over, Unto the neck it cometh, And the stretching out of its wings Hath been the fulness of the breadth of thy land, O Emmanu-El! |
| [9]Breake downe O ye people, and ye shalbe broken downe, hearken to all ye of farre countreys: muster you, and you shalbe broken downe, prepare you, and you shalbe torne in peeces |
[9]Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken. |
| [10]Take your counsell together, yet shall your counsell come to naught: determine the matter, yet shall it not prosper: for God is with vs |
[10]Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!' |
| [11]For the Lorde spake thus to me in a mightie prophesie, and warned me that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying |
[11]For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying, |
| [12]Ye shall not speake [wordes] of conspiracie in all thinges, when this people shall say conspiracie: feare them not, neither be afraide of them |
[12]`Ye do not say, A confederacy, To all to whom this people saith, A confederacy, And its fear ye do not fear, Nor declare fearful. |
| [13]But sanctifie the Lorde of hoastes, let him be your feare and dread |
[13]Jehovah of Hosts -- Him ye do sanctify, And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread, |
| [14]For he shalbe the holy place to flee to, and stone to stumble at, the rocke to fall vpon, a snare and net to both the houses of Israel, and the inhabitours of Hierusalem |
[14]And He hath been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two 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, yea they shalbe snared and taken |
[15]And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured. |
| [16]Binde vp the testimonie, seale the law in my disciples |
[16]Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples. |
| [17]And I wyll wayte vpon the Lorde that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I wyll loke for him |
[17]And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him. |
| [18]But lo, as for me and the chyldren whiche the Lorde hath geuen me, we are to be a token and a wonder in Israel from the Lorde of hoastes, whiche dwelleth vpon the hill of Sion |
[18]Lo, I, and the children whom Jehovah hath given to me, [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, From Jehovah of Hosts, who is dwelling in Mount Zion. |
| [19]And if they say vnto you, Aske counsayle at the Soothsayers, Witches, Charmers, and Coniurers: [then make them this aunswere,] Is there a people any where that asketh not counsayle at his God? shoulde men runne vnto the dead for the liuing |
[19]And when they say unto you, `Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? -- For the living unto the dead! |
| [20]Get thee to the lawe, and the testimonie: and if they speake not after this worde, there is no light in them |
[20]To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.' |
| [21]And they shall wander thorowe this lande hardly besteade and hungry, and when they suffer hunger, they wyll be out of pacience, and curse their king and their God, and shall loke vpwarde and downewarde to the earth |
[21]-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards. |
| [22]And beholde there is trouble and darknesse, dymnesse is rounde about him, & he shalbe driuen into darknesse |
[22]And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress! |