Isaiah 8:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Isaiah’s Son a Sign of the Assyrian Invasion

8 Then the Lord said to me, Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, “Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,”^{[a] 2} and have it attested^[b] for me by reliable witnesses, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah. ³ And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz;