- "Write on a large scroll:
- Maher-shalal-hash-baz (hurry the plunder, hurry the spoil).”
After writing this, I had Uriah the priest and Zechariah witnesses it, that it would be known among the people as a true prophecy.
When my wife, the prophetess, bore a son, the Lord told me to name him what was written on the large scroll...Maher-shalal-hash-baz (meaning “Hurry and Plunder, Hurry the Spoil"). His name was to be a reminder that before he would learn to say, "Father" or "Mother," the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria would be plundered by the Assyrians.
The Lord said to me,
- "Because these people reject my servants and form alliances with the leaders of other nations, the Lord will bring a large, strong army to overrun their land like a river overflowing its banks.
- This enemy will overrun Judah even until he gets to the neck (head cities-Old and New Jerusalems), and he will occupy the rest of the land.
- Because this people associate with their conspiring enemies, listening to the leaders of far off countries, they will be broken into pieces and none will deliver them.
- If they go to war, they will receive the same fate. Counseling with nations will do them no good. Their resolutions will be ignored, for God will not be with them, but only with the righteous.”
These strong judgments are what the Lord showed me. He said,
- "Do not spend your time identifying and fearing conspiracies as this people do. Do not fear any man.”
I, Isaiah, tell you that you must be sanctified by the Lord of Hosts and fear only Him, for there is only safety in the Lord.
