Isaiah and His Children as Signs

8 The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll^(A) and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”^[a](B)

¹⁷ The angel measured the wall using human^(A) measurement, and it was 144 cubits^[a] thick.^[b]

¹⁸ This calls for wisdom.^(A) Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.^[a](B) That number is 666.

The Lord’s Answer

² Then the Lord replied:

³² So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated,^(A) Baruch wrote^(B) on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned^(C) in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

²⁸ “Take another scroll^(A) and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up.

² “Take a scroll^(A) and write on it all the words^(B) I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah^(C) till now.

³ Then I made love to the prophetess,^(A) and she conceived and gave birth to a son.^(B) And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.^(C)