1. Moreover the Lord said to me, Take for yourself a large book and write in it with a man’s pen: “Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.”
2. I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberekiah.
3. So I went in 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 knows how 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. The Lord spoke to me again, saying:
6. Because this people refusesthe gently flowing waters of Shiloahand rejoices in Rezinand the son of Remaliah,
7. now therefore the Lord certainly is about to bring upon themthe strong and plentiful waters of the River,even the king of Assyria and all his glory;and he shall come up over all his channelsand go over all his banks.