Bible in Basic English
"For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,"
— Isaiah 8:11, Bible in Basic English
“For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, ”
And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.
Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:
Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,
Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.
But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.
And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.