Isaiah 8

¹And the Lord said to me, Take to thyself a volume of a great new [book], and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

¹And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself a volume of a great new [book], and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

²And make me witnesses [of] faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

³And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily.

⁴For before the child shall know [how] to call [his] father or [his] mother, [one] shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.

⁵And the Lord spoke to me yet again, [saying],

⁶Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias [to be] king over you;

⁷therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, [even] the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

⁸and he shall take away from Juda [every] man who shall be able to lift up his head, [and every one] able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, [O] God with us.

⁸and he shall take away from Juda [every] man who shall be able to lift up his head, [and every one] able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of your land, [O] God with us.

⁹Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.

⁹Know, you⌃ Gentiles, and be conquered; listen you⌃, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after you⌃ strengthened yourselves; for even if you⌃ should again strengthen yourselves, you⌃ shall again be conquered.

¹⁰And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

¹⁰And whatever counsel you⌃ shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nothing; and whatever word you⌃ shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

¹¹Thus saith the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,

¹¹Thus says the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying,

¹²Let them not say, [It is] hard, for whatsoever this people says, is hard: but fear not ye their fear, neither be dismayed.

¹²Let them not say, [It is] hard, for whatever this people says, is hard: but fear not you⌃ their fear, neither be dismayed.

¹³Sanctify ye the Lord himself; and he shall be thy fear.

¹³Sanctify you⌃ the Lord himself; and he shall be your fear.

¹⁴And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against [him] as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

¹⁴And if you shall trust in him, he shall be to you for a sanctuary; and you⌃ shall not come against [him] as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.

¹⁵Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw nigh, and men shall be taken securely.

¹⁵Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw near, and men shall be taken securely.

¹⁶Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.

¹⁷And [one] shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him.

¹⁸Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be [for] signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion.

¹⁹And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?

²⁰For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it.

²¹And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, [that] when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

²¹And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, [that] when you⌃ shall be hungry, you⌃ shall be grieved, and you⌃ shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

²²and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that [one cannot] see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

²²and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that [one can’t] see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

Septuagint (Brenton, 1851)

Septuagint (LXX2012)