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¹ Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. ² And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” ³ Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz; ⁴ for before the child shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.” ⁵ The Lord also spoke to me again, saying: ⁶ And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son; ⁷ And go over all his banks. ⁸ Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel. ⁹ Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces. ¹⁰ For God is with us.” ¹¹ For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying: ¹² Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. ¹³ And let Him be your dread. ¹⁴ As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Be snared and taken.” ¹⁶ Seal the law among my disciples. ¹⁷ And I will hope in Him. ¹⁸ Who dwells in Mount Zion. ¹⁹ And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? ²⁰ To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. ²¹ They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and curse their king and their God, and look upward. ²² Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.