Isaiah 8:1-3

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The Coming Assyrian Invasion

8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment^[a] and write on it with an ordinary pen:^[b]^(A) Maher-shalal-hash-baz.^[c] ²I have appointed^[d] trustworthy witnesses—the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”^(B)

³I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

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Footnotes

8:1 Hb obscure
8:1 Lit with the pen of a man
8:1 = Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil
8:2 Vg; MT, one DSS ms read I will appoint; one DSS ms, LXX, Syr, Tg read Appoint

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