VIII. 1 And the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great ’ and write upon it with a ’s pen, For Maher-shalal- hash-baz.

2 And I will take unto me faithful witnesses to witness, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

22. ‘give,’ lit. ‘make.’25. ‘thou shalt...,’ or, ‘whither came not the fear of...; it shall be’ &c.

4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

5 And the LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

6 Forasmuch as this people hath rejected the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice with Rezin and ’s son:

7 Now therefore, behold, the LORD bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, the king of Assyria, and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

8 And he shall sweep on into Judah; he shall overflow and pass through; to the neck shall he reach, and the stretching out of his wings shall ﬁll the breadth of thy land, Immanuel.

9 Rage, ye peoples, and be broken; and give ear, all distant parts of the earth; gird yourselves, and be broken! gird yourselves, and be broken!

10 Take counsel, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

11 For the LORD spake thus to me with strength. of hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, of all whereof this people saith, A conspiracy 3 and fear not the fear of it, nor be afraid:

13 The LORD of Hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

9 init. Or, ‘Break |’ or, ‘Shout!’ Some editors follow LXX.

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence, to both the houses of Israel, for a and for. a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15 And many shall stumble upon them, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

17 And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and will hope in him.

18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

19 And when they shall say unto you, Inquire of the necromancers and the wizards, that peep and that mutter; should not a people inquire of its God? (should they inquire) of the dead on behalf of the living?

20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no dawn for him.