Isaiah 8:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Bind up my testimony, seal the instruction with my disciples.[a] 17 I will trust in the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him. 18 Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me: we are signs[b] and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.(A)
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- 8:16 Bind…seal…with my disciples: because the prophet’s message was not well received at the time, he wanted to preserve it until the future had vindicated him as God’s true prophet (cf. 30:8–9).
- 8:18 Signs: in the meantime, while awaiting the vindication of his message, Isaiah and his children with their symbolic names stood as a reminder of God’s message to Israel.
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