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,