5. The Lord spoke to me again:
6. Because these people rejectedthe slowly flowing waters of Shiloahand rejoiced with Rezinand the son of Remaliah,
7. the Lord will certainly bring against themthe mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria and all his glory.It will overflow its channelsand spill over all its banks.
8. It will pour into Judah,flood over it, and sweep through,reaching up to the neck; and its spreading streams will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
9. Band together, peoples, and be broken;pay attention, all you distant lands;prepare for war, and be broken;prepare for war, and be broken.
10. Devise a plan; it will fail. Make a prediction; it will not happen.For God is with us.
11. For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:
12. Do not call everything an alliancethese people say is an alliance. Do not fear what they fear; do not be terrified.
13. You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be held in awe.
14. He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel,He will be a stone to stumble overand a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15. Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken;they will be snared and captured.
16. Bind up the testimony. Seal up the instruction among my disciples.