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Moreover the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Take[H3947] thee a great[H1419]roll[H1549], and write[H3789] in it with a man's pen[H2747] concerning Mahershalalhashbaz[H4122].
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And I took[H5749] unto me faithful[H539]witnesses[H5707] to record[H5749], Uriah[H223] the priest[H3548], and Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1121] of Jeberechiah[H3000].
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And I went[H7126] unto the prophetess[H5031]; and she conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121]. Then said[H559] the LORD[H3068] to me, Call[H7121] his name[H8034]Mahershalalhashbaz[H4122].
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For before[H6440] the child[H5288] shall have knowledge[H3045] to cry[H7121], My father[H1], and my mother[H517], the riches[H2428] of Damascus[H1834] and the spoil[H7998] of Samaria[H8111] shall be taken away[H5375]before[H6440] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
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The LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] also unto me again[H3254], saying[H559],
6Forasmuch[H3282] as this people[H5971]refuseth[H3988] the waters[H4325] of Shiloah[H7975] that go[H1980]softly[H328], and rejoice[H4885] in Rezin[H7526] and Remaliah's son[H1121];
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Now therefore, behold, the Lord[H136] bringeth up[H5927] upon them the waters[H4325] of the river[H5104], strong[H6099] and many[H7227], even the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and all his glory[H3519]: and he shall come up[H5927]over[H1980] all his channels[H650], and go over[H1980] all his banks[H1415]:
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And he shall pass[H2498] through Judah[H3063]; he shall overflow[H7857] and go over[H5674], he shall reach[H5060] even to the neck[H6677]; and the stretching out[H4298] of his wings[H3671] shall fill[H4393] the breadth[H7341] of thy land[H776], O Immanuel[H6005].
9Associate[H7489] yourselves, O ye people[H5971], and ye shall be broken in pieces[H2865]; and give ear[H238], all[H3605] ye of far[H4801]countries[H776]: gird[H247] yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces[H2865]; gird[H247] yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces[H2865].
10Take[H5779]counsel[H6098]together[H5779], and it shall come to nought[H6565]; speak[H1696] the word[H1697], and it shall not stand[H6965]: for God[H410] is with us.
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For the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] thus to me with a strong[H2393]hand[H3027], and instructed[H3256] me that I should not walk[H3212] in the way[H1870] of this people[H5971], saying[H559],
12Say[H559] ye not, A confederacy[H7195], to all them to whom this people[H5971] shall say[H559], A confederacy[H7195]; neither fear[H3372] ye their fear[H4172], nor be afraid[H6206].
13Sanctify[H6942] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] himself; and let him be your fear[H4172], and let him be your dread[H6206].
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And he shall be for a sanctuary[H4720]; but for a stone[H68] of stumbling[H5063] and for a rock[H6697] of offence[H4383] to both[H8147] the houses[H1004] of Israel[H3478], for a gin[H6341] and for a snare[H4170] to the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And many[H7227] among them shall stumble[H3782], and fall[H5307], and be broken[H7665], and be snared[H3369], and be taken[H3920].
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Bind up[H6887] the testimony[H8584], seal[H2856] the law[H8451] among my disciples[H3928].
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And I will wait[H2442] upon the LORD[H3068], that hideth[H5641] his face[H6440] from the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], and I will look[H6960] for him.
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Behold, I and the children[H3206] whom the LORD[H3068] hath given[H5414] me are for signs[H226] and for wonders[H4159] in Israel[H3478] from the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], which dwelleth[H7931] in mount[H2022]Zion[H6726].
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And when they shall say[H559] unto you, Seek[H1875] unto them that have familiar spirits[H178], and unto wizards[H3049] that peep[H6850], and that mutter[H1897]: should not a people[H5971]seek[H1875] unto their God?[H430] for the living[H2416] to the dead?[H4191]
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To the law[H8451] and to the testimony[H8584]: if they speak[H559] not according to this word[H1697], it is because there is no light[H7837] in them.
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And they shall pass[H5674] through it, hardly bestead[H7185] and hungry[H7457]: and it shall come to pass[H5674], that when they shall be hungry[H7456], they shall fret[H7107] themselves, and curse[H7043] their king[H4428] and their God[H430], and look[H6437]upward[H4605].
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And they shall look[H5027] unto the earth[H776]; and behold trouble[H6869] and darkness[H2825], dimness[H4588] of anguish[H6695]; and they shall be driven[H5080] to darkness[H653].