Isaiah 8:1-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

Damascus and Samaria Fall

8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and ^(A)write on it ^[a]in ordinary letters: ^[b](B)Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey. ² And ^[c]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, ^(C)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.” ³ So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him ^[d](D)Maher-shalal-hash-baz; ⁴ for ^(E)before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of ^(F)Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”