1. The Lord said to me: Take a large tablet, and inscribe on it with an ordinary stylus, “belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,”
2. and call reliable witnesses for me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, son of Jeberechiah.
3. Then I went to the prophetess and she conceived and bore a son. The Lord said to me: Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
4. for before the child learns to say, “My father, my mother,” the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria.
5. Again the Lord spoke to me:
6. Because this people has rejectedthe waters of Shiloah that flow gently,And melts with fear at the display of Rezin and Remaliah’s son,