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12 [a]Do not call conspiracy what this people calls conspiracy,
    and do not fear what they fear
    or stand in awe of them.
13 The Lord is the one whom you should proclaim holy;
    he must be the object of your fear and awe.
14 He will become a snare, an obstacle,
    a rock over which the two houses of Israel[b] will stumble,
    a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:12 The conspiracy is the league between Ahaz and Assyria; the conspiracy which the people fear is the Syro-Ephraimite coalition.
  2. Isaiah 8:14 Two houses of Israel: that is, the kingdoms of Judah and of Israel.