The Coming Assyrian Invasion1Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchmentA and write on it with an ordinary pen:B a Maher-shalal-hash-baz.C 2I have appointedA trustworthy witnesses — the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”a 3I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz, 4for before the boy knows how to call ‘Father,’ or ‘Mother,’a the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”b 5The Lord spoke to me again:
The Lord of Armies, the Only Refuge11For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keepA me from going the way of this people:a
18Here I am with the children the Lord has given mea to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion. 19When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”a shouldn’t a people inquire of their God?A Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?b 20Go to God’s instruction and testimony!a If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them. 21They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22They will look toward the eartha and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness. The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved. Bible Hub |