Dual Panel1Then the LORD<3068> said<559> to me, "Take<3947> for yourself a large<1419> tablet<1549> and write<3789> on it in ordinary<582> letters<2747>: Swift<4116> is the booty<7998>, speedy<2363> is the prey<957>.
2"And I will take<5749> to Myself faithful<539> witnesses<5707> for testimony<5749>, Uriah<223> the priest<3548> and Zechariah<2148> the son<1121> of Jeberechiah<3000>."
3So I approached<7126> the prophetess<5031>, and she conceived<2029> and gave<3205> birth<3205> to a son<1121>. Then the LORD<3068> said<559> to me, "Name<7121><8034> him Maher-shalal-hash-baz<4122>;
4for before<2962> the boy<5288> knows<3045> how to cry<7121> out 'My father<1>' or 'My mother<517>,' the wealth<2428> of Damascus<1834> and the spoil<7998> of Samaria<8111> will be carried<5375> away before<6440> the king<4428> of Assyria<804>."
5Again<3254> the LORD<3068> spoke<1696> to me further<5750>, saying<559>,
6"Inasmuch<3282><3588> as these<2088> people<5971> have rejected<3988> the gently<328> flowing<1980> waters<4325> of Shiloah<7975> And rejoice<4885> in Rezin<7526> and the son<1121> of Remaliah<7425>;
7"Now therefore<3651>, behold<2009>, the Lord<136> is about to bring<5927> on them the strong<6099> and abundant<7227> waters<4325> of the Euphrates<5104>, Even the king<4428> of Assyria<804> and all<3605> his glory<3519>; And it will rise<5927> up over<5921> all<3605> its channels<650> and go<1980> over<5921> all<3605> its banks<1415>.
8"Then it will sweep<2498> on into Judah<3063>, it will overflow<7857> and pass<5674> through<5674>, It will reach<5060> even<5704> to the neck<6677>; And the spread<4298> of its wings<3671> will fill<4393> the breadth<7341> of your land<776>, O Immanuel<6005>.
9"Be broken<7489>, O peoples<5971>, and be shattered<2865>; And give<238> ear<238>, all<3605> remote<4801> places<4801> of the earth<776>. Gird<247> yourselves, yet be shattered<2865>; Gird<247> yourselves, yet be shattered<2865>.
10"Devise<5779> a plan<6098>, but it will be thwarted<6565>; State<1696> a proposal<1697>, but it will not stand<6965>, For God<410> is with us."
11For thus<3541> the LORD<3068> spoke<559> to me with mighty<2393> power<3027> and instructed<3256> me not to walk<1980> in the way<1870> of this<2088> people<5971>, saying<559>,
12"You are not to say<559>, 'It is a conspiracy<7195>!' In regard to all<3605> that this<2088> people<5971> call<559> a conspiracy<7195>, And you are not to fear<3372> what<4172> they fear<4172> or be in dread<6206> of it.
13"It is the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635> whom you should regard<6942> as holy<6942>. And He shall be your fear<4172>, And He shall be your dread<6206>.
14"Then He shall become<1961> a sanctuary<4720>; But to both<8147> the houses<1004> of Israel<3478>, a stone<68> to strike<5063> and a rock<6697> to stumble<4383> over, And a snare<6341> and a trap<4170> for the inhabitants<3427> of Jerusalem<3389>.
15"Many<7227> will stumble<3782> over them, Then they will fall<5307> and be broken<7665>; They will even be snared<3369> and caught<3920>."
16Bind<6887> up the testimony<8584>, seal<2856> the law<8451> among my disciples<3928>.
17And I will wait<2442> for the LORD<3068> who is hiding<5641> His face<6440> from the house<1004> of Jacob<3290>; I will even look<6960> eagerly<6960> for Him.
18Behold<2009>, I and the children<3206> whom<834> the LORD<3068> has given<5414> me are for signs<226> and wonders<4159> in Israel<3478> from the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>, who dwells<7931> on Mount<2022> Zion<6726>.
19When<3588> they say<559> to you, "Consult<1875> the mediums<178> and the spiritists<3049> who whisper<6850> and mutter<1897>," should not a people<5971> consult<1875> their God<430>? Should they consult the dead<4191> on behalf<1157> of the living<2416>?
20To the law<8451> and to the testimony<8584>! If<518> they do not speak<559> according to this<2088> word<1697>, it is because<834> they have<369> no<369> dawn<7837>.
21They will pass<5674> through the land hard-pressed<7185> and famished<7457>, and it will turn<6437> out that when<3588> they are hungry<7456>, they will be enraged<7107> and curse<7043> their king<4428> and their God<430> as they face<6437> upward<4605>.
22Then they will look<5027> to the earth<776>, and behold<2009>, distress<6869> and darkness<2825>, the gloom<4588> of anguish<6695>; and they will be driven<5080> away<5080> into darkness<653>.