Isaiah 8:11
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
What it says
The LORD speaks to Isaiah with strong pressure, warning him not to walk in the way of this people.
What it is doing
This verse introduces the decisive break between prophetic faithfulness and popular fear.
In context
11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people: 12“Do not call conspiracy 13The LORD of Hosts is the One 14And He will be a sanctuary — 15Many will stumble over these; 16Bind up the testimony 17I will wait for the LORD, 18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.