Isaiah 8:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹² “Don’t think there is a plan against you just because the people say there is. Don’t be afraid of what they fear. Don’t let them frighten you!”

¹³ The Lord All-Powerful is the one you should fear. He is the one you should respect.^[a] He is the one who should frighten you. ¹⁴ If you people would respect him, he would be a safe place^[b] for you. But you don’t respect him, so he is like a stone that you stumble over. He is a rock that makes both families of Israel fall. He has become a trap that all the people of Jerusalem will fall into.