23:007:024 With arrows and with bows shall men come
thither; because all
the
land shall become briers and thorns.
23:007:025 And on all hills that shall be digged with
the mattock, there
shall
not come thither the fear of briers and thorns:
but it
shall
be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading
of
lesser cattle.
23:008:001 Moreover the lord said unto me, Take
thee a great roll, and
write
in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
23:008:002 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to
record, Uriah the
priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
23:008:003 And I went unto the prophetess; and she
conceived, and bare a
son.
Then said the lord to me, Call his name
Mahershalalhashbaz.
23:008:004 For before the child shall have knowledge
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.
23:008:005 The lord spake also unto me again, saying,
23:008:006 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters
of Shiloah that
go
softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
23:008:007 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth
up upon them the
waters
of the river, strong and many, even the king of
Assyria,
and all his glory: and he shall come up over all
his
channels,
and go over all his banks:
23:008:008 And he shall pass through Judah; 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 land, O Immanuel.
23:008:009 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and
ye shall be broken in
pieces;
and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird
yourselves,
and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves,
and
ye shall be broken in pieces.
23:008:010 Take counsel together, and it shall come
to nought; speak the
word,
and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
23:008:011 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,
23:008:012 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them
to whom this people
shall
say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor
be
afraid.
23:008:013 Sanctify the lord of hosts himself;
and let him be your fear,
and
let him be your dread.
23:008:014 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but 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.


