The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

 1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great ^aroll, and ^bwrite in it with ^ca man’s pen concerning ^dMaher-shalal-hash-baz.

 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

 3 And I went unto ^athe prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name ^bMaher-shalal-hash-baz.

 4 For ^abefore the child shall ^bhave knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of ^cSamaria shall be ^dtaken away before the king of Assyria.

 5 ¶The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,

 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of ^aShiloah that go softly, and rejoice in ^bRezin and Remaliah’s son;

 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon ^athem the ^bwaters of the river, strong and many, even the king of ^cAssyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

 8 And he shall ^apass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the ^bneck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O ^cImmanuel.

 9 ¶^aAssociate yourselves, O ye people, 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 ^acounsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for ^bGod is with us.

 11 ¶For the Lord spake thus to me ^awith a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

 12 Say ye not, A ^aconfederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and ^alet him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

 14 And he shall be for a ^asanctuary; but for a ^bstone of ^cstumbling and for a ^drock of ^eoffence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a ^fsnare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

 16 ^aBind up the testimony, ^bseal the ^claw among my disciples.

 17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that ^ahideth his ^bface from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

 18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for ^asigns and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

 19 ¶And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have ^afamiliar spirits, and unto ^bwizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? ^cfor the living to the dead?

 20 To the ^alaw and to the testimony: if ^bthey speak not according to this word, it is because there is no ^clight in them.

 21 And ^athey shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and ^bcurse their king and their God, and look upward.

 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and ^adarkness, ^bdimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.