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I will gather some men to be reliable witnesses: Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

Then I went to the prophetess, and she became pregnant and had a son. The Lord told me, “Name the boy Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,[a] because the king of Assyria will take away all the wealth and possessions of Damascus and Samaria before the boy learns to say ‘my father’ or ‘my mother.’”

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  1. 8:3 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz This name means “there will soon be looting and stealing.”

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