³ Then I drew near to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ^[a](A)Maher-shalal-hash-baz, ⁴ for ^(B)before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of ^(C)Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

⁵ Again Yahweh spoke to me further, saying,