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| [1]Moreover, the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen, Make speed to the spoil: haste to the prey. |
[1]And 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The sp speedeth, the prey hasteth; |
| [2]Then I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. |
[2]And I will take unto Me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.' |
| [3]After, I came unto the prophetess, which conceived, and bear a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name, Mahershalalhash-baz. |
[3]And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 unto me: 'Call his name Maher-shalal-hashbaz. |
| [4]For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, he shall take away the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur [Assyria]. |
[4]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 carried away before the king of Assyria.' |
| [5]And the Lord spake yet again unto me, saying, |
[5]And 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 spoke unto me yet again, saying: |
| [6]Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that run softly, and rejoice with Rezin, and the son of Remaliah, |
[6]Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son; |
| [7]Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river mighty and great, even the king of Asshur [Assyria] with all his glory, and he shall come up upon all their rivers, and go over all their banks, |
[7]Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, mighty and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all h channels, and go over all his banks; |
| [8]And shall break into Judah, and shall overflow and pass through, and shall come up to the neck, and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. |
[8]And he shall sweep through Judah overflowing as he passeth through he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. |
| [9]Gather together on heaps, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces, and hearken all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. |
[9]Make an uproar, O ye peoples, 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, yet it shall be brought to naught: pronounce a decree, yet shall it not stand: for God is with us. |
[10]Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us. |
| [11]For the Lord spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, |
[11]For 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: |
| [12]Say ye not, A confederacy to all them, to whom this people saith a confederacy, neither fear you their fear, nor be afraid of them. |
[12]'Say ye not: A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people do say: A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor account it dreadful. |
| [13]Sanctify the Lord of hosts, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread, |
[13]𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. |
| [14]And he shall be as a Sanctuary: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rock to fall upon, to both the houses of Israel, and as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
[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 shall fall and shall be broken and shall be snared and shall be taken. |
[15]And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.' |
| [16]Bind up the testimony: seal up the law among my disciples. |
[16]'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.' |
| [17]Therefore I will wait upon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. |
[17]And I will wait for 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, 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 as signs and as wonders in Israel, by the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. |
[18]Behold, I and the children whom 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath given me shall be for signs and for wonders in Israel from 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. |
| [19]And when they shall say unto you, Inquire at them that have a spirit of divination, and at the soothsayers, which whisper and murmur, Should not a people inquire at their God? From the living to the dead? |
[19]And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto 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. |
[20]For instruction and for testimony?'—Surely they will speak according to this word, wherein there is no light.— |
| [21]Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and from in it: and when he shall be hungry, he shall even fret himself, and curse his king and his gods, and shall look upward. |
[21]And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward, |
| [22]And when he shall look to the earth, behold trouble, and darkness, vexation and anguish, and he is driven to darkness. |
[22]Or look unto the earth, behold distress an darkness, the gloom of anguish, and outspread thick darkness. |
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[23]For is there no gloom to her that was stedfast? Now the former hath lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but the latter hath dealt a more grievous blow by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in the district of the nations. |