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1 And YHWH said to me, “Take for yourself a large scroll and write on it with a pen of man: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ The LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”
2 And I will appoint for Myself faithful witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.” So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.
3 And I came near to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And YHWH said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz— And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz; Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
4 for before the child knows to cry, ‘My father and My mother,’ one will lift away the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria before the face of the king of Assyria!” for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.” For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
5 And YHWH continued to speak to me again, saying, The LORD spoke to me again: The LORD spoke to me again:
6 “Because that this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah, those going gently, and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah, “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 therefore, behold! The Lord is bringing up over them the waters of the River mighty and great—the king of Assyria and all his glory—and it will go up over all its channels and it will go over all its banks, therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks, therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow all its channels, run over all its banks
8 and it will pass on into Judah, overflowing and passing over—reaching to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings and is the fullness of the breadth of your land, O Immanuel! and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.” and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!”
9 Join together, O peoples, and be shattered! And give ear, all you distant lands—Gird yourselves and be shattered, gird yourselves and be shattered! Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered. Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Take counsel—counsel—and it will be broken; speak a word; it will not stand, for God is with us. Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us. Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
11 For thus YHWH spoke to me, with a strong hand, and He admonished me from walking in the way of this people, saying: For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:
12 “You⁺ shall not say conspiracy to everything that this people says is conspiracy; and its fear you⁺ should not fear, and you should not dread. “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. “Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
13 YHWH of Hosts—Him You⁺ shall sanctify, and He is your⁺ Fear, and He is your⁺ Dread. But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.
14 And He be for a sanctuary, and for a stone of striking and for a rock of falling for the two houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare for those dwelling in Jerusalem! And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.
15 And many will stumble over them, and they will fall and be broken and be snared and captured.” And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.” Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up the testimony, and seal the law among my disciples. Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples. Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 And I will wait for YHWH, the One hiding His face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in Him. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
18 Here am I and the children whom YHWH has given to me as signs and as wonders in Israel, from YHWH of Hosts, the One dwelling on Mount Zion. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
19 And when they say to you⁺, “Seek after the spirits and after the spiritists who whisper and mutter—” a people should not seek after its gods, on behalf of the living unto the dead, And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living? When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20 to the law and to the testimony?" If they do not speak this according to the word, it is because there is not in them dawn. To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 And he will pass over into it hard pressed and hungry, and it will be that when he is hungry and becomes angry, that he will think little of his king and of his gods, and he will turn upward, They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
22 and will look to the earth, and behold—distress and darkness, gloom of anguish, and he will be driven away into the dark. And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
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