Isaías 8:12

12 «No llames conspiración a todo, como hacen ellos,
ni vivas aterrorizado de lo que a ellos les da miedo.

Isaías 8:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 8:12

Say ye not, a confederacy
With the king of Assyria, or any other; do not cry it up as a right thing, and express pleasure and satisfaction in it, and encourage others to come into it, and vote for it, and declare an approbation of it; or a "rebellion", as the Targum, that is, against Ahaz; and so deliver up the kingdom of the house of David into the hands of its enemies: to all [them] to whom this people shall say, a confederacy:
who either were for entering into an alliance with the Assyrian monarch, and sending for him to help; or were for joining with their enemies, to the subversion of the present government. Jarchi interprets this of Shebna the Scribe, and his company; who, as he suggests, conspired against Hezekiah, and secretly made an agreement with Sennacherib king of Assyria; but the former sense is best: neither fear their fear, nor be afraid:
let not the same fear possess you as does them, on account of Syria and Israel combining together against Judah; nor be afraid of their two kings, as they were; since there was nothing to fear from them; it being impossible that the kingdom of Judah should fail until Shiloh came, or Immanuel was born of a virgin in it; nor does it become the people of God, and especially his prophets and ministers, to be afraid of men; since the fear of men brings a snare. See ( 1 Peter 3:14 ) .

Isaías 8:12 In-Context

10 Convoquen a sus asambleas de guerra, pero no les servirán de nada;
desarrollen sus estrategias, pero no tendrán éxito,
¡porque Dios está con nosotros!».

11 Un llamado a confiar en el Señor
El Señor
me dio una firme advertencia de no pensar como todos los demás. Me dijo:

12 «No llames conspiración a todo, como hacen ellos,
ni vivas aterrorizado de lo que a ellos les da miedo.

13 Ten por santo en tu vida al Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales;
él es a quien debes temer.
Él es quien te debería hacer temblar.

14 Él te mantendrá seguro.
En cambio, para Israel y Judá
será una piedra de tropiezo;
una roca que los hace caer.
Y para el pueblo de Jerusalén
será una red y una trampa.