Isaiah 8:1-3

Good News Translation

Isaiah's Son as a Sign to the People

8 The Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of writing material and write on it in large letters:^[a] ‘Quick Loot, Fast Plunder.’ ² Get two reliable men, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah, to serve as witnesses.”

³ Some time later my wife became pregnant. When our son was born, the Lord said to me, “Name him ‘Quick-Loot-Fast-Plunder.’