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Assyria Is Coming Soon

The Lord told me, “Get a large scroll,[a] and use an ordinary pen[b] to write these words: ‘This is for Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’[c]

I found some men who could be trusted to serve as witnesses: Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah. They watched me write those words. Then I went to my wife, the woman prophet. She became pregnant and had a son. The Lord told me, “Name the boy Maher Shalal Hash Baz.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 scroll This Hebrew word might also mean a clay or stone tablet.
  2. Isaiah 8:1 ordinary pen Literally, “stylus of a man.” This might be a pen for writing on clay.
  3. Isaiah 8:1 Maher Shalal Hash Baz This means “There will soon be looting and stealing.”

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