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Isaiah 8:15

New English Translation

Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

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So the Lord’s word to them will sound like meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. As a result, they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk, and be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: “Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

So, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will assuredly make these people stumble to their doom. Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. Friends and neighbors will die.’

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.




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