NET Bible
"The Lord Encourages Isaiah Indeed this is what the LORD told me quite forcefully. He warned me not to act like these people:"
— Isaiah 8:11, NET Bible
“For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,”
“For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, ”
“For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,”
“For thus saith the Lord to me: As he hath taught me, with a strong arm, that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:”
“For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,”
“For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,”
It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”
You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!
Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
The Lord Encourages Isaiah Indeed this is what the LORD told me quite forcefully. He warned me not to act like these people:
“Do not say,‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.
You must recognize the authority of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.
He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble– to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.