²⁷ The Lord also said to Moses, “Write^(A) down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”

¹⁹ Therefore write down this song^(A) for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them sing it,^[a] so that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites.

The Coming Assyrian Invasion

8 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment^[a] and write on it with an ordinary pen:^[b](A) Maher-shalal-hash-baz.^[c]

² “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Write on a scroll all the words that I have spoken to you,^(A)

² “Take a scroll,^(A) and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time I first spoke to you during Josiah’s reign until today.

²⁸ “Take another scroll, and once again write on it the original words that were on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.^(A)

God’s Second Answer

² The Lord answered me:

The Letters to the Seven Churches

The Letter to Ephesus

2 “Write to the angel^[a] of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands:^(A)