Isaiah and His Children as Signs

The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll(A) and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[a](B) So I called in Uriah(C) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses(D) for me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.

Assyria Will Invade the Land

Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and (A)write on it with a man’s pen concerning [a]Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, (B)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 Lit. Speed the Spoil, Hasten the Booty

16 Bind up this testimony of warning(A)
    and seal(B) up God’s instruction among my disciples.

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16 Bind up the testimony,
Seal the law among my disciples.

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20 Consult God’s instruction(A) and the testimony of warning.(B) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(C) of dawn.

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20 (A)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (B)there[a] is no light in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn