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Then I said, Woe is me, I am dismayed; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

And I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

For the heart of this people is darkened and their ears are heavy and their eyes closed, so that they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and be converted and be forgiven.

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and after sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken, so that it will no longer be a people.

Ask for yourself a sign of the LORD your God; ask something in the depth, or in the height above.

And he said, Hear now, O house of David; it is a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are harassed shall be forsaken.

And it shall come to pass on that day that the LORD shall whistle for the flies that are in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bees that are in the land of Assyria.

And it shall come to pass because of the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

And on all the hills that once were ploughed with a plough, you shall not go for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall become pasture for cattle and for the treading of sheep.

For before the child shall know how 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.

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

For the LORD spoke thus to me, as he held me and led me aside that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

And he shall be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of offense and for a rock of stumbling to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And in my teaching I will wait for the LORD, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for a sign and for a wonder in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on mount Zion.

As for the law and the testimony, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because they do not receive a bribe for it.

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressor, as in the days of Midian.

For every voice which is heard brings terror and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be for burning and fuel for fire.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder: and his name is called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty One, The Everlasting God, The Prince of Peace.