“Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.”
Isaiah is commanded not to call a conspiracy what the people call a conspiracy, nor to fear what they fear—a radical redefinition of what constitutes genuine threat and legitimate concern. The prophet must refuse to adopt the interpretative framework of the anxious masses, recognizing that their fear lacks theological grounding and their conspiracies lack ultimate significance. This call to differentiated thinking establishes the prophet as a voice of theological clarity, speaking truth that contradicts the hysteria of the moment.
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