Isaiah 8:5-8

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⁵The Lord spoke to me again:

⁶“Because this people has rejected^(A)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah^(B)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,^(C)
⁷therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters^(D) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria^(E) with all his pomp.^(F)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks^(G)
⁸and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,^(H)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings^(I) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel^[a]!”^(J)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.

Isaiah 8:19-22

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The Darkness Turns to Light

¹⁹When someone tells you to consult^(A) mediums and spiritists,^(B) who whisper and mutter,^(C) should not a people inquire^(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? ²⁰Consult God’s instruction^(E) and the testimony of warning.^(F) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light^(G) of dawn. ²¹Distressed and hungry,^(H) they will roam through the land;^(I) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse^(J) their king and their God. ²²Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom,^(K) and they will be thrust into utter darkness.^(L)

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Isaiah 9:8-12

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The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

⁸The Lord has sent a message^(A) against Jacob;
    it will fall on Israel.
⁹All the people will know it—
    Ephraim^(B) and the inhabitants of Samaria^(C)—
who say with pride
    and arrogance^(D) of heart,
¹⁰“The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;^(E)
the fig^(F) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.^(G)”
¹¹But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s^(H) foes against them
    and has spurred their enemies on.
¹²Arameans^(I) from the east and Philistines^(J) from the west
    have devoured^(K) Israel with open mouth.