{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:53:20.202Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":8,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and write thereon with a man's style, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And I took unto me to witness, sure witnesses, Urijah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I came near to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son; and Jehovah said unto me, Call his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For before the lad knoweth to cry, My father! and, My mother! the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Jehovah spoke again to me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah which flow softly, and rejoiceth in Rezin and in the son of Remaliah,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"therefore behold, the Lord will bring up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall mount up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow it and go further, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Ye shall not say, Conspiracy, of everything of which this people saith, Conspiracy; and fear ye not their fear, and be not in dread."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, say, Shall not a people seek unto their God? Will they go for the living unto the dead?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 8 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 8](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/8 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}