Isaiah 8 — TOJB
8Verse 1Moreover Hashem said unto me, Take thee a gillayon gadol (great slab), and write on it with cheret enosh concerning Maher Shalal Chash Baz (The Spoil Speeds, the Booty Hastens [i.e., the coming Assyrian defeat of Syria and Israel is imminent and the life of this son of Isaiah is a prophetic time line. See verse 4 below]).Verse 2And I took unto me edim ne'emanim (faithful witnesses) to record, Uriyah the kohen, and Zecharyah ben Yeverekhyahu.Verse 3And I went unto the neviah; and she conceived, and bore ben. Then said Hashem to me, Call shmo Maher Shalal Chash Baz.Verse 4For before the na'ar shall have da'as to cry, Avi, or Immi, the chayil Damascus and the spoil of Shomron shall be carried off before Melech Ashur.Verse 5Hashem spoke also unto me again, saying,Verse 6Forasmuch as HaAm HaZeh refuseth
the waters of Shiloach that flow softly,
and delight in+Retzin and Ben Remalyahu;
Verse 7Now therefore, hinei, Adonoi bringeth up upon them
the waters of the river, strong and many,
even Melech Ashur, and all his kavod;
and he shall come up over all his channels,
and go over all his banks;
Verse 8And he shall swirl into Yehudah;
he shall overflow and go over,
he shall reach even to the neck;
and the stretching out of his wings
shall fill the breadth of Thy eretz, O Immanu El.Verse 9Exasperate yourselves, O ye Amim (Nations), and ye shall be broken in pieces;
and give ear, all ye of far countries;
gird yourselves for battle, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
gird yourselves for battle, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Verse 10Consult etzah (counsel, plan), and it shall come to naught;
speak the davar, and it shall not stand;
for Immanu El (G-d is with us).Verse 11For Hashem hath spoken thus to me with chezkat haYad, and instructed me that I should not walk in the Derech HaAm HaZeh, saying,Verse 12Call ye not Kesher (Conspiracy) all that this people calls kesher; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread.Verse 13Regard Hashem Tzva'os as kodesh; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.Verse 14And He shall be for a Mikdash; but for an Even Negef (Stone of Stumbling) and for a Tzur Michshol to both the Batei Yisroel, for a pach (snare) and for a mokesh (trap) to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.Verse 15And rabbim (many) among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Verse 16Bind up+the te'udah (testimony), chatom (seal up) the torah (teaching) among my disciples.Verse 17And I will wait for Hashem, that hideth His face from the Bais Ya'akov, and I will look+for Him.Verse 18Hinei, I and the yeladim whom Hashem hath given me are for otot and for mofetim+in Yisroel from Hashem Tzva'os, which dwelleth in Mount Tziyon.Verse 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto mediums that have familiar spirits, and unto spiritists that whisper, and that mutter: should not Am seek unto Elohav? Should they consult the mesim (dead ones) for the benefit of the chayyim (living)?Verse 20To the torah (teaching of G-d) and to the te'udah+(recorded testimony); if they speak not according to Davar HaZeh, it is because there is no shachar (dawn, light) in them.Verse 21And they+shall roam about therein, hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their melech and Elohav, and look upward.Verse 22And they shall look unto eretz; and, hinei, tzarah and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.Verse 23Nevertheless there will be no gloom in her in anguish. In Et HaRishon (the former time) He brought into contempt Artzah Zevulun and Artzah Naphtali, but acharon (afterward, in the future) did bring to honor Derech HaYam (Way to the Sea, land between Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean), beyond Yarden, in the Galil HaGoyim.
the waters of Shiloach that flow softly,
and delight in+Retzin and Ben Remalyahu;
Verse 7Now therefore, hinei, Adonoi bringeth up upon them
the waters of the river, strong and many,
even Melech Ashur, and all his kavod;
and he shall come up over all his channels,
and go over all his banks;
Verse 8And he shall swirl into Yehudah;
he shall overflow and go over,
he shall reach even to the neck;
and the stretching out of his wings
shall fill the breadth of Thy eretz, O Immanu El.Verse 9Exasperate yourselves, O ye Amim (Nations), and ye shall be broken in pieces;
and give ear, all ye of far countries;
gird yourselves for battle, and ye shall be broken in pieces;
gird yourselves for battle, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Verse 10Consult etzah (counsel, plan), and it shall come to naught;
speak the davar, and it shall not stand;
for Immanu El (G-d is with us).Verse 11For Hashem hath spoken thus to me with chezkat haYad, and instructed me that I should not walk in the Derech HaAm HaZeh, saying,Verse 12Call ye not Kesher (Conspiracy) all that this people calls kesher; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread.Verse 13Regard Hashem Tzva'os as kodesh; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.Verse 14And He shall be for a Mikdash; but for an Even Negef (Stone of Stumbling) and for a Tzur Michshol to both the Batei Yisroel, for a pach (snare) and for a mokesh (trap) to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.Verse 15And rabbim (many) among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Verse 16Bind up+the te'udah (testimony), chatom (seal up) the torah (teaching) among my disciples.Verse 17And I will wait for Hashem, that hideth His face from the Bais Ya'akov, and I will look+for Him.Verse 18Hinei, I and the yeladim whom Hashem hath given me are for otot and for mofetim+in Yisroel from Hashem Tzva'os, which dwelleth in Mount Tziyon.Verse 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto mediums that have familiar spirits, and unto spiritists that whisper, and that mutter: should not Am seek unto Elohav? Should they consult the mesim (dead ones) for the benefit of the chayyim (living)?Verse 20To the torah (teaching of G-d) and to the te'udah+(recorded testimony); if they speak not according to Davar HaZeh, it is because there is no shachar (dawn, light) in them.Verse 21And they+shall roam about therein, hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their melech and Elohav, and look upward.Verse 22And they shall look unto eretz; and, hinei, tzarah and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.Verse 23Nevertheless there will be no gloom in her in anguish. In Et HaRishon (the former time) He brought into contempt Artzah Zevulun and Artzah Naphtali, but acharon (afterward, in the future) did bring to honor Derech HaYam (Way to the Sea, land between Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean), beyond Yarden, in the Galil HaGoyim.