2. Get two reliable men, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah, to serve as witnesses.”
3. Some time later my wife became pregnant. When our son was born, the Lord said to me, “Name him ‘Quick-Loot-Fast-Plunder’.
4. Before the boy is old enough to say ‘Mummy’ and ‘Daddy’, all the wealth of Damascus and all the loot of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
5. The Lord spoke to me again.
6. He said, “Because these people have rejected the quiet waters from the brook of Shiloah, and tremble before King Rezin and King Pekah,
7. I, the Lord, will bring the emperor of Assyria and all his forces to attack Judah. They will advance like the flood waters of the River Euphrates, overflowing all its banks.
8. They will sweep through Judah in a flood, rising shoulder high and covering everything.”God is with us! His outspread wings protect the land.
9. Gather together in fear, you nations! Listen, you distant parts of the earth. Get ready to fight, but be afraid! Yes, get ready, but be afraid!
10. Make your plans! But they will never succeed. Talk as much as you like! But it is all useless, because God is with us.
11. With his great power the Lord warned me not to follow the path which the people were following. He said,
12. “Do not join in the schemes of the people and do not be afraid of the things that they fear.
13. Remember that I, the Lord Almighty, am holy; I am the one you must fear.