Isaiah 8:1-10

1Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and 1write on it 2in ordinary letters: 34Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2And 5I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, 6Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” 3So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him 78Maher-shalal-hash-baz; 4for 9before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of 10Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

5Again the Lord spoke to me further, saying,6“Inasmuch as these people have 11rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in 12Rezin and the son of Remaliah;7Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the 13strong and abundant waters of the 14Euphrates River, That is, the 15king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will 16rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.8Then 17it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will 18reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will 19fill the expanse of 20your land, 21Immanuel.

9“22Be broken, you peoples, and be 2324shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. 25Get ready, yet be 26shattered; 27Get ready, yet be 28shattered.1029Devise a plan, but it will fail; State a 30proposal, but 31it will not stand, For 3233God is with us.”