1Moreover the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto me, Take <03947> (8798) thee a great <01419> roll <01549>_, and write <03789> (8798) in it with a man's <0582> pen <02747> concerning Mahershalalhashbaz <04122>_. {Mahershalalhashbaz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc}
2And I took <05749> (0) unto me faithful <0539> (8737) witnesses <05707> to record <05749> (8686)_, Uriah <0223> the priest <03548>_, and Zechariah <02148> the son <01121> of Jeberechiah <03000>_.
3And I went <07126> (8799) unto the prophetess <05031>_; and she conceived <02029> (8799)_, and bare <03205> (8799) a son <01121>_. Then said <0559> (8799) the LORD <03068> to me, Call <07121> (8798) his name <08034> Mahershalalhashbaz <04122>_. {went: Heb. approached}
4For before the child <05288> shall have knowledge <03045> (8799) to cry <07121> (8800)_, My father <01>_, and my mother <0517>_, the riches <02428> of Damascus <01834> and the spoil <07998> of Samaria <08111> shall be taken away <05375> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_. {the riches...: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc}
5The LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8763) also unto me again <03254> (8686)_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
6Forasmuch <03282> as this people <05971> refuseth <03988> (8804) the waters <04325> of Shiloah <07975> that go <01980> (8802) softly <0328>_, and rejoice <04885> in Rezin <07526> and Remaliah's <07425> son <01121>_;
7Now therefore, behold, the Lord <0136> bringeth up <05927> (8688) upon them the waters <04325> of the river <05104>_, strong <06099> and many <07227>_, [even] the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, and all his glory <03519>_: and he shall come up <05927> (8804) over all his channels <0650>_, and go over <01980> (8804) all his banks <01415>_:
8And he shall pass <02498> (8804) through Judah <03063>_; he shall overflow <07857> (8804) and go over <05674> (8804)_, he shall reach <05060> (8686) [even] to the neck <06677>_; and the stretching out <04298> of his wings <03671> shall fill <04393> the breadth <07341> of thy land <0776>_, O Immanuel <06005> <0410>_. {stretching...: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings}
9Associate <07489> (8798) yourselves, O ye people <05971>_, and ye shall be broken in pieces <02865> (8798)_; and give ear <0238> (8685)_, all <03605> ye of far <04801> countries <0776>_: gird <0247> (8690) yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces <02865> (8798)_; gird <0247> (8690) yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces <02865> (8798)_. {people and: or, people, yet}
10Take <05779> (0) counsel <06098> together <05779> (8798)_, and it shall come to nought <06565> (8714)_; speak <01696> (8761) the word <01697>_, and it shall not stand <06965> (8799)_: for God <0410> [is] with us.
11For the LORD <03068> spake <0559> (8804) thus to me with a strong <02393> hand <03027>_, and instructed <03256> (8765) me that I should not walk <03212> (8800) in the way <01870> of this people <05971>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, {with...: Heb. in strength of hand}
12Say <0559> (8799) ye not, A confederacy <07195>_, to all [them to] whom this people <05971> shall say <0559> (8799)_, A confederacy <07195>_; neither fear <03372> (8799) ye their fear <04172>_, nor be afraid <06206> (8686)_.
13Sanctify <06942> (8686) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> himself; and [let] him [be] your fear <04172>_, and [let] him [be] your dread <06206> (8688)_.
14And he shall be for a sanctuary <04720>_; but for a stone <068> of stumbling <05063> and for a rock <06697> of offence <04383> to both <08147> the houses <01004> of Israel <03478>_, for a gin <06341> and for a snare <04170> to the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>_.
15And many <07227> among them shall stumble <03782> (8804)_, and fall <05307> (8804)_, and be broken <07665> (8738)_, and be snared <03369> (8738)_, and be taken <03920> (8738)_.
16Bind up <06887> (8798) the testimony <08584>_, seal <02856> (8798) the law <08451> among my disciples <03928>_.
17And I will wait <02442> (8765) upon the LORD <03068>_, that hideth <05641> (8688) his face <06440> from the house <01004> of Jacob <03290>_, and I will look <06960> (8765) for him.
18Behold, I and the children <03206> whom the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> (8804) me [are] for signs <0226> and for wonders <04159> in Israel <03478> from the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, which dwelleth <07931> (8802) in mount <02022> Zion <06726>_.
19And when they shall say <0559> (8799) unto you, Seek <01875> (8798) unto them that have familiar spirits <0178>_, and unto wizards <03049> that peep <06850> (8772)_, and that mutter <01897> (8688)_: should not a people <05971> seek <01875> (8799) unto their God <0430>_? for the living <02416> to the dead <04191> (8801)_?
20To the law <08451> and to the testimony <08584>_: if they speak <0559> (8799) not according to this word <01697>_, [it is] because [there is] no light <07837> in them. {no...: Heb. no morning}
21And they shall pass <05674> (8804) through it, hardly bestead <07185> (8737) and hungry <07457>_: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry <07456> (8799)_, they shall fret <07107> (8694) themselves, and curse <07043> (8765) their king <04428> and their God <0430>_, and look <06437> (8804) upward <04605>_.
22And they shall look <05027> (8686) unto the earth <0776>_; and behold trouble <06869> and darkness <02825>_, dimness <04588> of anguish <06695>_; and [they shall be] driven <05080> (8794) to darkness <0653>_.