[1] Yahweh said to me, Take a great tablet, and write on it with the pen of
a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz; [2] and I will take to me faithful
witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of
Jeberechiah. [3] I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a
son. Then said Yahweh to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. [4] For
before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother,
the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away
before the king of Assyria. [5] Yahweh 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 up on them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king
of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels,
and go over all its banks; [8] and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it
shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the
stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
[9] Make an uproar, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear,
all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces! Gird
yourselves, and be broken in pieces! [10] Take counsel together, and it
shall be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for
God is with us. [11] For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and
instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, [12] Don`t you
say, "A conspiracy!" concerning all whereof this people shall say, "A
conspiracy!" neither fear you their fear, nor be in dread [of it]. [13]
Yahweh of hosts, him shall you sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let
him be your dread. [14] He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of
stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin
and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. [15] Many shall stumble
thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. [16] Bind
you up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. [17] I will wait for
Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for
him. [18] Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs
and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
[19] When they shall tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar
spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn`t a people
consult with their God? on behalf of the living [should they consult] with
the dead? [20] To the law and to the testimony! if they don`t speak
according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. [21] They
shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall happen that
when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their
king and by their God, and turn their faces upward: [22] and they shall
look to the earth, and see, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish;
and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
