12 Say ye not, A [a]confederacy, to all them to whom this people saith a confederacy, neither fear you [b]their fear, nor be afraid of them.

13 [c]Sanctify the Lord of hosts, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread,

14 And he shall be as a [d]Sanctuary: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rock to fall upon, to both the houses of Israel, and as a snare and as a net to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:12 Consent not ye that are godly, to the league and friendship that this people seek with strangers and idolaters.
  2. Isaiah 8:12 Meaning, that they should not fear the thing that they feared, which have no hope in God.
  3. Isaiah 8:13 In putting your trust only in him, in calling upon him in adversity, patiently looking for his help, and fearing to do anything contrary to his will.
  4. Isaiah 8:14 He will defend you which are his elect, and reject all the rest, which is meant of Christ, against whom the Jews should stumble and fall, Luke 2:34; Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:7, 8.

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