Isaiah 8:1

Isaiah and His Children as Signs

1 The LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[a]

Isaiah 8:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
ESV
1 Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters,'Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.'
NLT
1 Then the LORD said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ”
MSG
1 Then God told me, "Get a big sheet of paper and write in indelible ink, 'This belongs to Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Spoil-Speeds-Plunder-Hurries).'"
CSB
1 Then the Lord said to me, "Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Isaiah 8:1 In-Context

1 The LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”
2 So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.
3 Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
4 For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
5 The LORD spoke to me again:

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 27:8; Job 19:23; Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 51:60; Habakkuk 2:2
  • 2. ver 3; Habakkuk 2:2; Jeremiah 20:3; Hosea 1:4

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz" means "quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil" ; also in verse 3.
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