| 18:1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me:
Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen,
concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. |
The following
section is quoted from Isaiah 8. See the note at I Nephi 20:1. 8:1 Moreover the Lord
said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it
with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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| 18:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to
record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of
Jeberechiah. |
8:2 And I
took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the
priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. |
| 18:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she
conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me: Call
his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz. |
8:3 And I
went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a
son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name
Maher-shalal-hash-baz. |
| 18:4 For behold, the child shall not have knowledge
to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of
Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away
before the king of Assyria. |
8:4 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. |
| 18:5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying: |
8:5 The Lord
spake also unto me again, saying, |
| 18:6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of
Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and
Remaliah's son; |
8:6 Forasmuch
as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go
softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; |
| 18:7 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. |
8:7 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: |
| 18:8 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. |
8:8 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. |
| 18:9 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. |
8:9 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. |
| 18:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to
naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God
is with us. |
8:10 Take
counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the
word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. |
| 18:11 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: |
8:11 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, |
| 18:12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this
people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their
fear, nor be afraid. |
8:12 Say ye
not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this
people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their
fear, nor be afraid. |
| 18:13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him
be your fear, and let him be your dread. |
8:13 Sanctify
the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be
your fear, and let him be your dread. |
| 18:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a
stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the
houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
8:14 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. |
| 18:15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, and
be broken, and be snared, and be taken. |
8:15 And many
among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be
snared, and be taken. |
| 18:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
disciples. |
8:16 Bind up
the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. |
| 18:17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his
face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. |
8:17 And I
will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the
house of Jacob, and I will look for him. |
| 18:18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath
given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the
Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion. |
8:18 Behold,
I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are
for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of
hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. |
| 18:19 And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that
peep and mutter--should not a people seek unto their God
for the living to hear from the dead? |
8:19 And when
they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have
familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that
mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the
living to the dead? |
| 18:20 To the law and to the testimony; and if they
speak not according to this word, it is because there is
no light in them. |
8:20 To the
law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light
in them. |
| 18:21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead
and hungry; and it shall come to pass that when they
shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse
their king and their God, and look upward. |
8:21 And they
shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it
shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they
shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their
God, and look upward. |
| 18:22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold
trouble, and darkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be
driven to darkness. |
8:22 And they
shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and
darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be
driven to darkness. |
