# Isaiah 8

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. [2] And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” [3] And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. [4] For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” [5] And the LORD spoke to me further: [6] “Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoiced in Rezin
and the son of Remaliah, [7] the Lord will surely bring against them
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates —
the king of Assyria and all his pomp.
It will overflow its channels
and overrun its banks. [8] It will pour into Judah,
swirling and sweeping over it,
reaching up to the neck;
its spreading streams will cover
your entire land, O Immanuel! [9] Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered;
pay attention, all you distant lands;
prepare for battle, and be shattered;
prepare for battle, and be shattered! [10] Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
state a proposal, but it will not happen.
For God is with us.” [11] For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people: [12] “Do not call conspiracy
everything these people regard as conspiracy.
Do not fear what they fear;
do not live in dread. [13] The LORD of Hosts is the One
you shall regard as holy.
Only He should be feared;
only He should be dreaded. [14] And He will be a sanctuary—
but to both houses of Israel
a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,
to the dwellers of Jerusalem
a trap and a snare. [15] Many will stumble over these;
they will fall and be broken;
they will be ensnared and captured.” [16] Bind up the testimony
and seal the law among my disciples. [17] I will wait for the LORD,
who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.
I will put my trust in Him. [18] Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. [19] When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? [20] To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. [21] They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. [22] Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

## Places in this chapter

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- **Samaria** (Samaria · today Sebastia) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/samaria
- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Shiloah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shiloah
- **Euphrates** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/euphrates
- **Mount Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-zion

## Each verse

- Isaiah 8:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/1
- Isaiah 8:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/2
- Isaiah 8:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/3
- Isaiah 8:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/4
- Isaiah 8:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/5
- Isaiah 8:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/6
- Isaiah 8:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/7
- Isaiah 8:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/8
- Isaiah 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/9
- Isaiah 8:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/10
- Isaiah 8:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/11
- Isaiah 8:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/12
- Isaiah 8:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/13
- Isaiah 8:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/14
- Isaiah 8:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/15
- Isaiah 8:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/16
- Isaiah 8:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/17
- Isaiah 8:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/18
- Isaiah 8:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/19
- Isaiah 8:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/20
- Isaiah 8:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/21
- Isaiah 8:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/22