1. The Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;
2. and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
3. 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 knows how to say, ‘My father,’ and, ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”
5. The Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,