Isaiah 8:1-2

Easy-to-Read Version

8 The Lord told me, “Get a large scroll,^[a] and use an ordinary pen^[b] to write these words: ‘This is for Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’^[c]”

²I found some men who could be trusted to serve as witnesses: Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah. They watched me write those words.

Isaiah 8:1 scroll This Hebrew word might also mean a clay or stone tablet.
Isaiah 8:1 ordinary pen Literally, “stylus of a man.” This might be a pen for writing on clay.
Isaiah 8:1 Maher Shalal Hash Baz This means “There will soon be looting and stealing.”