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Isaiah 8:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare. "

Isaiah 8:14

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12 “Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.

13 The LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.

15 Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

16 Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.

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Isaiah 8:1

"The LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;"

Isaiah 8:2

"and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”"

Isaiah 8:3

"I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’"

Isaiah 8:4

"For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”"

Isaiah 8:5

"The LORD spoke to me yet again, saying,"

Isaiah 8:6

"“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;"

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