| 1 | Moreover the Lord said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man`s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. |
| 2 | And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." |
| 3 | Then 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; |
| 4 | for before the child shall have knowledge to cry `My father` and `My mother,` the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria." |
| 5 | The Lord also spoke to me again, saying: |
| 6 | "Inasmuch as these people refused The waters of Shiloah that flow softly, And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah`s son; |
| 7 | Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty-- The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks. |
| 8 | He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel. |
| 9 | "Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces. |
| 10 | Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us." |
| 11 | For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: |
| 12 | "Do not say, `A conspiracy,` Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. |
| 13 | The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread. |
| 14 | He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
| 15 | And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken." |
| 16 | Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among my disciples. |
| 17 | And I will wait on the Lord, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him. |
| 18 | Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the Lord of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion. |
| 19 | And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? |
| 20 | To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. |
| 21 | They will pass through it hard pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and curse their king and their God, and look upward. |
| 22 | Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness. |