Isaias

23 And it shall be, in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall be I for briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bows shall one come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

25 And all the hills thatwere hoed with the hoe, thou shalt not come hither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.

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.

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: