1 Assyria Will Invade the Land Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and Is. 30:8; Hab. 2:2 write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, 2 Kin. 16:10 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 2 Kin. 17:6; Is. 7:16 for before the child shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ 2 Kin. 15:29 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 “Inasmuch as these people refused The waters of John 9:7 Shiloah that flow softly, And rejoice Is. 7:1, 2 in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty— The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks.
8 He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, Is. 30:28 He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Is. 7:14; Matt. 1:23 Immanuel.
9 “Be Joel 3:9 shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 Is. 7:7; Acts 5:38 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, Is. 7:14 but it will not stand, Rom. 8:31 For God is with us.”
11 Fear God, Heed His Word 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 “Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’ Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.
13 The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread.
14 Is. 4:6; 25:4; Ezek. 11:16 He will be as a sanctuary, But Luke 2:34; 20:17; Rom. 9:33;1 Pet. 2:8 a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall Matt. 21:44 stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken.”
16 Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I will wait on the Lord , Who Deut. 31:17; Is. 54:8 hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I Hab. 2:3 will hope in Him.
18 Heb. 2:13 Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me! We Ps. 71:7 are for signs and wonders in Israel From the Lord of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion.
19 And when they say to you, 1 Sam. 28:8 “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, Is. 29:4 who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they Ps. 106:28 seek the dead on behalf of the living?
20 Is. 1:10; 8:16; Luke 16:29 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because Is. 8:22; Mic. 3:6 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 Rev. 16:11 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.