8. That water will flow into Judah and pass through it,rising to Judah’s throat.Immanuel, this army will spread its wings like a birduntil it covers your whole country.”
9. Be broken, all you nations,and be smashed to pieces.Listen, all you faraway countries.Prepare for battle and be smashed to pieces!Prepare for battle and be smashed to pieces!
10. Make your plans for the fight,but they will be defeated.Give orders to your armies,but they will be useless,because God is with us.
11. The Lord spoke to me with his great power and warned me not to follow the lead of the rest of the people. He said,
12. “People are saying that others make plans against them,but you should not believe them.Don’t be afraid of what they fear;do not dread those things.
13. But remember that the Lord All-Powerful is holy.He is the one you should fear;he is the one you should dread.
14. Then he will be a place of safety for you.But for the two families of Israel,he will be like a stone that causes people to stumble,like a rock that makes them fall.He will be like a trap for the people of Jerusalem,and he will catch them in his trap.
15. Many people will fall over this rock.They will fall and be broken;they will be trapped and caught.”
16. Make an agreement.Seal up the teaching while my followers are watching.
17. I will wait for the Lord to help us,the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel.I will wait for him.
18. I am here, and with me are the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and proofs for the people of Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.
19. Some people say, “Ask the mediums and fortune-tellers, who whisper and mutter, what to do.” But I tell you that people should ask their God for help. Why should people who are still alive ask something from the dead?