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,
6. “Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
7. now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
8. It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
9. Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
10. Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
11. For the Lord spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12. “Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorised.
13. The Lord of Hosts is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
14. He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
15. Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
16. Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law amongst my disciples.