Isaiah 8:14

NETBible

He will become a sanctuary, 1  but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble – to the two houses of Israel. 2  He will become 3  a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem. 4 

NIV ©

and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

NASB ©

"Then He shall become a sanctuary; But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

NLT ©

He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap that entangles them.

MSG ©

The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way, The Rock standing in the willful way of both houses of Israel, A barbed-wire Fence preventing trespass to the citizens of Jerusalem.

BBE ©

And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

NRSV ©

He will become a sanctuary, a stone one strikes against; for both houses of Israel he will become a rock one stumbles over—a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

NKJV ©

He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

KJV
And he shall be for a sanctuary
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but for a stone
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of stumbling
<05063>
and for a rock
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of offence
<04383>
to both
<08147>
the houses
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of Israel
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for a gin
<06341>
and for a snare
<04170>
to the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jerusalem
<03389>_.
NASB ©
"Then He shall become
<1961>
a sanctuary
<4720>
; But to both
<8147>
the houses
<1004>
of Israel
<3478>
, a stone
<68>
to strike
<5063>
and a rock
<6697>
to stumble
<4383>
over,
And
a snare
<6341>
and a trap
<4170>
for the inhabitants
<3427>
of Jerusalem
<3389>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ean
<1437> 
CONJ
ep
<1909> 
PREP
autw
<846> 
D-DSM
pepoiywv
<3982> 
V-RAPNS
hv
<1510> 
V-PAS-2S
estai
<1510> 
V-FMI-3S
soi
<4771> 
P-DS
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
agiasma {N-ASN} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ouc
<3364> 
ADV
wv
<3739> 
ADV
liyou
<3037> 
N-GSM
proskommati
<4348> 
N-DSN
sunanthsesye
<4876> 
V-FMI-2P
autw
<846> 
D-DSM
oude
<3761> 
CONJ
wv
<3739> 
ADV
petrav
<4073> 
N-GSF
ptwmati
<4430> 
N-DSN
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
de
<1161> 
PRT
oikov
<3624> 
N-NSM
iakwb
<2384> 
N-PRI
en
<1722> 
PREP
pagidi
<3803> 
N-DSF
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
en
<1722> 
PREP
koilasmati {N-DSN} egkayhmenoi {V-PMPNP} en
<1722> 
PREP
ierousalhm
<2419> 
N-PRI
NET [draft] ITL
He will become
<01961>
a sanctuary
<04720>
, but a stone
<068>
that makes a person trip
<05063>
, and a rock
<06697>
that makes one stumble
<04383>
– to the two
<08147>
houses
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>
. He will become a trap
<06341>
and a snare
<04170>
to the residents
<03427>
of Jerusalem
<03389>
.
HEBREW
Mlswry
<03389>
bswyl
<03427>
sqwmlw
<04170>
xpl
<06341>
larvy
<03478>
ytb
<01004>
ynsl
<08147>
lwskm
<04383>
rwulw
<06697>
Pgn
<05063>
Nbalw
<068>
sdqml
<04720>
hyhw (8:14)
<01961>
NETBible

He will become a sanctuary, 1  but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble – to the two houses of Israel. 2  He will become 3  a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn Because the metaphor of protection (“sanctuary”) does not fit the negative mood that follows in vv. 14b-15, some contend that מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash, “sanctuary”) is probably a corruption of an original מוֹקֵשׁ (moqesh, “snare”), a word that appears in the next line (cf. NAB and H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:355-56). If the MT reading is retained (as in the above translation), the fact that Yahweh is a sanctuary wraps up the point of v. 13 and stands in contrast to God’s treatment of those who rebel against him (the rest of v. 14).

2 sn The two “houses” of Israel (= the patriarch Jacob) are the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

3 tn These words are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. וְהָיָה (vÿhayah, “and he will be”) does double duty in the parallel structure of the verse.

4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.