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Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

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

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

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

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah"s son;

The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

For before the child shall have knowledge 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.

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man"s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.