11. For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
12. Do not say, A confederacy, to all those to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear their fear, nor be afraid.
13. Sanctify the Lord of the hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14. Then he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock to cause a fall to both the houses of Israel, for a snare and for a net to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15. And many among them shall stumble and fall and be broken and be snared and be taken.
16. Bind up the testimony; seal the law among my disciples.
17. And I will wait for the Lord, who hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18. Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of the hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.