Isaiah 8:13

¹³The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.d

Isaiah 8 plunges us into the political and spiritual crisis of Judah under King Ahaz. The chapter opens with a symbolic name for Isaiah’s son, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, a living prophecy of Assyria’s swift plunder of Israel and Syria. The prophet then contrasts the fear of earthly powe