Isaiah 8:1-22 The Lord Tells Isaiah the Riches of Damascus & Syria Will be Taken Away

The Lord Tells Isaiah the Riches of Damascus & Syria Will be Taken Away

Isaiah 8:1-22                               The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Additionally,] the Lord said to me, Take a [large] roll, [a.k.a. scroll,] & write in it with a man's pen [about] Maher Shalal Hashbaz. And I took [with] me faithful witnesses: Uriah, the priest, & Zechariah, [Jeberechiah's] son, to record.

And I went to the prophetess, & she [had] conceived, & [delivered] a son. Then, the Lord said to me, Call his name Maher Shalal Hashbaz. For before the child shall have knowledge to cry [out,] My father & my mother, the riches of Damascus & the [plunder] of Samaria shall be taken away, [in front of] the king of Assyria.

The Lord also [spoke] to me again, saying, [Since] this people [refuses] the waters of Shiloah, that go [gently,] & rejoice in Rezin & Remaliah's son; therefore, now [look,] the Lord [brings] up upon them, the many waters of the strong river, even the king of Assyria [in] all his glory.

And he shall come up over all his channels, & [overflow] all [its] banks. And he shall pass through Judah. He shall overflow, & go over, & he shall even reach to the neck. And his [stretched] out wings, shall fill the [width] of Your land, O Immanuel, [a.k.a. Emmanuel.] [Matthew 1:23 [Watch,] a virgin shall be with Child, & shall [deliver] a Son, & they shall call His Name Emmanuel, which is being interpreted [as,] God with us.]

O you people, [assemble] yourselves, & you shall be broken [into] pieces. And [lend] [your] ear, all you of [distant] countries, [strengthen] yourselves, & you shall be broken [into] pieces. Gird yourselves, & you shall be broken [into] pieces. [Joel 3:9 You proclaim this among the Gentiles, Prepare [for] war & wake up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near, & let them come up.]

[Consult] together, & it shall come to [nothing.] Speak the word, & it shall not [happen:] for God is with us. [Romans 8:31 What shall we say then, to these things? If God [is] for us, who can be against us?]

For the Lord [spoke this] to me with a strong hand, & instructed me that I shouldn't walk, [a.k.a. follow,] in the way of this people, saying: [Don't] say, [An alliance,] to all [those] to whom this people shall say, [An alliance] [of allies.]

Neither [shall] you fear [what they] fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of Hosts, Himself, & let Him, [not the kings] be your fear, & let Him be your [terror.]

*And He shall be for a sanctuary [to believers;] but for [unbelievers] a Stone of stumbling, & a Rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a [trap,] & a snare to the [residents] of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, fall, be broken, [trapped,] & taken [away.] [1 Peter 2:6-8 * [For this reason,] it is also contained in the Scripture, [Look,] I lay in Sion, [a.k.a. Zion,] a Chief Corner Stone, [chosen,] & precious, And he [who believes in] Him, shall not be [disgraced.] *Therefore, unto you [who] believe, [Jesus] is precious: but to [those, who are] disobedient, the Stone [that] the builders [rejected,] the Same is made the Head of the Corner. *And a stone [for] stumbling, & the Rock of offence, even to [those, who are] disobedient, stumble at the Word [of God,] [by which] they were also appointed.]

[Tie] up the testimony, & seal the Law among my disciples. And I will wait upon the Lord, [Who] hides His face from the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & I will look for Him  [Isaiah 54:7-8 The Lord your Redeemer [says,] For a [little] moment, I have [abandoned] you, but I will gather you with great mercies. In a little [anger] I hid My face from you for a moment, but I will have mercy on you with everlasting kindness.]

*[Look,] I, & the children whom the Lord [has] given [to] me are for signs, & for wonders in Israel, from the Lord of Hosts, [Who dwells] in Mount Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.]

And when they shall say to you, Seek [those who] have familiar spirits, [a.k.a. contact the dead,] to wizards who [whisper,] & mutter. Shouldn't a people seek their God? [Seek] for the Living [not] to the dead? [John 6:69 And we believe & are sure that You [are] that Christ, the Son of the Living God.]

[And seek] to the Law, & to the Testimony, [a.k.a. Covenant.] If they [don't] speak according to this Word, it's because there is no Light in them. [1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the Light, [like] He is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another. And the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, [cleanses] us from all sin.]

And they shall pass through it, [hard-pressed,] & hungry, & it shall [happen,] that when they shall be hungry, they shall [worry] themselves, & curse their king, & their God, & look upward. And they shall look to the earth; & [see] trouble, darkness, anguish, & [gloom] & they shall be driven to darkness.

[John 3:17-19 For God [didn't send] His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He, [who believes in] Him is not condemned, but he [who doesn't believe] is condemned already, because he [hasn't] believed in the Name of the Only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that Light [has] come into the world, & men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil.]