1. Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
2. And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
3. Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to 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 will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”
5. The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:
6. “Inasmuch as these people refusedThe waters of Shiloah that flow softly,And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;
7. Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over themThe waters of the River, strong and mighty—The king of Assyria and all his glory;He will go up over all his channelsAnd go over all his banks.
8. He will pass through Judah,He will overflow and pass over,He will reach up to the neck;And the stretching out of his wingsWill fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.