And [a]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, (A)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him [b](B)Maher-shalal-hash-baz; for (C)before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of (D)Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:2 Another reading is take for me
  2. Isaiah 8:3 I.e., swift is the plunder, speedy is the prey

So I called in Uriah(A) the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses(B) for me. Then I made love to the prophetess,(C) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.(D) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.(E) For before the boy knows(F) how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus(G) and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.(H)

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