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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And Jehovah proceeded to say to me: “Take for yourself a large tablet1 and write upon it with the stylus of mortal man,[a] ‘Maʹher-shalʹal-hash-baz.’[b]
  2. And let me have attestation2 for myself by faithful witnesses,3 U·riʹah the priest4 and Zech·a·riʹah[c] the son of Je·ber·e·chiʹah.”[d]
  3. ¶ Then I went near to the prophetess, and she came to be pregnant and in time gave birth to a son.5 Jehovah now said to me: “Call his name Maʹher-shalʹal-hash-baz,
  4. for before the boy will know how to call out,6 ‘My father!’ and ‘My mother!’ one will carry away the resources of Damascus and the spoil of Sa·marʹi·a before the king of As·syrʹi·a.”7
  5. ¶ And Jehovah proceeded to speak yet further to me, saying:
  6. “For the reason that this people has rejected8 the waters of the Shi·loʹah[e]9 that are going gently, and there is exultation10 over Reʹzin and the son of Rem·a·liʹah;[f]11
  7. even therefore, look! Jehovah[g] is bringing up against them12 the mighty and the many waters of the River,13 the king of As·syrʹi·a14 and all his glory.15 And he will certainly come up over all his streambeds and go over all his banks
  8. and move on through Judah. He will actually flood and pass over.16 Up to the neck he will reach.17 And the outspreading of his wings18 must occur to fill the breadth of your land, O Im·manʹu·el!”[h]19
  9. ¶ Be injurious,[i] O YOU peoples, and be shattered to pieces; and give ear, all YOU in distant parts of the earth!20 Gird yourselves,21 and be shattered to pieces!22 Gird yourselves, and be shattered to pieces!
  10. Plan out a scheme, and it will be broken up!23 Speak any word, and it will not stand, for God is with us![j]24
  11. For this is what Jehovah has said to me with strongness of the hand, that he may make me turn aside[k] from walking in the way of this people, saying:
  12. “YOU men must not say, ‘A conspiracy!’ respecting all that of which this people keep saying, ‘A conspiracy!’25 and the object of their fear YOU men must not fear, nor must YOU tremble at it.26
  13. Jehovah of armies—he is the One whom YOU should treat as holy,27 and he should be the object of YOUR fear,28 and he should be the One causing YOU to tremble.”29
  14. ¶ And he must become as a sacred place;[l]30 but as a stone to strike against and as a rock over which to stumble31 to both the houses of Israel, as a trap and as a snare to the inhabitants[m] of Jerusalem.32
  15. And many among them will be certain to stumble and to fall and be broken, and to be snared and caught.33
  16. ¶ Wrap up the attestation,[n]34 put a seal about the law among my disciples![o]35
  17. And I will keep in expectation of Jehovah,36 who is concealing his face from the house of Jacob,37 and I will hope in him.38
  18. ¶ Look! I and the children whom Jehovah has given me39 are as signs40 and as miracles[p] in Israel from Jehovah of armies, who is residing in Mount Zion.41
  19. ¶ And in case they should say to YOU people: “Apply to the spiritistic mediums42 or to those having a spirit of prediction who are chirping43 and making utterances in low tones,”[q] is it not to its God that any people should apply?44 [Should there be application] to dead persons in behalf of living persons?45
  20. To[r] the law and to the attestation!46
    ¶ Surely they will keep saying what is according to this statement[s]47 that will have no light of dawn.48
  21. And each one[t] will certainly pass through the land[u] hard pressed and hungry;49 and it must occur that because he is hungry and has made himself feel indignant, he will actually call down evil upon his king and upon his God[v]50 and will certainly peer upward.
  22. And to the earth he will look, and, lo! distress and darkness,51 obscurity, hard times and gloominess with no brightness.[w]52

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “with a common stylus.”
  2. ^ Meaning “Hasten, O [or, Hastening to the] Spoil! He Has Come Quickly to the Plunder.”
  3. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Has Remembered.” Heb., Zekhar·yaʹhu.
  4. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Blesses.” Heb., Yeve·rekh·yaʹhu.
  5. ^ Meaning “Sender,” designating a water conduit; LXX, “Siloam.”
  6. ^ See 2Ki 15:25 ftn, “Remaliah.”
  7. ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
  8. ^ See 7:14 ftn, “Immanuel.”
  9. ^ “Know,” LXX and by a correction of M, in agreement with the parallel expression “give ear.”
  10. ^ “God is with us.” Heb., ʽim·maʹnu ʼEl; LXX, “Jehovah God is with us.”
  11. ^ “May admonish me away,” by another derivation of the Heb. verb.
  12. ^ Or, “a sanctuary.”
  13. ^ “Inhabitants,” LXXSyVg and seven Heb. mss; 1QIsaM, “inhabitant.”
  14. ^ Or, “testimony.”
  15. ^ Or, “my taught ones.”
  16. ^ Or, “wonders; portents; tokens.”
  17. ^ Or, “and ventriloquizing.”
  18. ^ Or, “For”; or, “It belongs to.”
  19. ^ Or, “word; thing spoken.”
  20. ^ Or, “they.” Lit., “one.”
  21. ^ Lit., “it,” fem., that is, the land or earth.
  22. ^ “And upon his God.” Heb., u·vEʼ·lo·havʹ.
  23. ^ “With no brightness,” by a slight correction; LXX, “so as not to see”; M, “[into which] one is pushed (thrust).”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 30:8; Hab 2:2
  2. ^ Ru 4:7; Is 8:16
  3. ^ 2Co 13:1
  4. ^ 2Ki 16:10
  5. ^ Is 8:18
  6. ^ Is 7:16
  7. ^ 2Ki 15:29; 16:9; 17:6; Is 17:1
  8. ^ 2Ki 17:16
  9. ^ Ps 36:9; Je 17:13; Jn 9:7
  10. ^ Pr 17:5; 24:17
  11. ^ Is 7:1
  12. ^ De 28:49
  13. ^ 1Ch 18:3; Is 7:20
  14. ^ 2Ki 17:5; 18:9; Is 7:17
  15. ^ Eze 31:3
  16. ^ 2Ch 28:20; Is 10:28
  17. ^ Is 30:28
  18. ^ Eze 17:3
  19. ^ Is 7:14; Mt 1:23
  20. ^ Mc 4:11; Zc 14:2
  21. ^ 1Ki 20:11
  22. ^ 2Ch 32:21; Is 37:36
  23. ^ Ps 2:9; 33:10; Pr 21:30
  24. ^ De 20:1; Ps 44:3; Ro 8:31; 1Jo 4:4
  25. ^ 2Ki 16:5; Is 7:2
  26. ^ De 32:21; Ps 96:5; Is 44:8; Je 16:20; 1Co 8:4; 1Pe 3:14
  27. ^ Le 10:3; 22:32; Is 29:23
  28. ^ Pr 8:13; Ec 12:13; Mt 10:28; Lu 12:5; Re 15:4
  29. ^ Ps 2:11; 76:7; Is 66:2; Ml 2:5; Pp 2:12
  30. ^ Jn 14:6; Pp 2:9; Col 3:17
  31. ^ Pr 4:19; Is 28:16; Mt 13:57; Lu 20:18; Ro 9:32, 33; 1Pe 2:8
  32. ^ Mt 13:57
  33. ^ Mt 11:6; 21:44; 1Co 1:23
  34. ^ Ru 4:7; Is 8:2; Da 12:4; Re 5:1
  35. ^ Is 29:11; Da 12:9
  36. ^ Ps 33:20; 39:7; Heb 6:12; 2Pe 3:9
  37. ^ De 31:17; 32:20; Eze 39:23; Mc 3:4
  38. ^ Ps 37:34; 40:1; 146:5
  39. ^ Is 7:16; 8:3; Heb 2:13
  40. ^ Is 7:14; 1Co 4:9
  41. ^ Ps 9:11; Is 12:6; 24:23
  42. ^ Le 20:6; De 18:11
  43. ^ Is 29:4
  44. ^ Ex 19:5; 2Ki 1:3; Ps 135:4
  45. ^ Ps 146:4; Ec 9:5
  46. ^ Is 8:2
  47. ^ Is 8:19
  48. ^ Pr 4:19
  49. ^ De 28:48; 2Ki 25:3; Je 52:6; La 4:4
  50. ^ Ex 22:28; Pr 19:3
  51. ^ Pr 4:19; Zp 1:15; Mt 8:12
  52. ^ 2Ch 15:5; Je 23:12; Jl 2:31

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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