³ And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, ^(A)“Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

³ So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

⁴ And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while ^(A)I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and ^(B)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. ⁵ And on that day ^(C)I will break the bow of Israel ^(D)in the Valley of Jezreel.”

⁶ She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, ^(E)“Call her name No Mercy,^[a] for ^(F)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. ⁷ But ^(G)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I ^(H)will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

⁸ When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. ⁹ And the Lord said, ^(I)“Call his name Not My People,^[b] for ^(J)you are not my people, and I am not your God.”^[c]

¹³ And he^[a] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you ^(A)weary my God also? ¹⁴ Therefore the ^(B)Lord himself will give you a sign. ^(C)Behold, the ^(D)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name ^(E)Immanuel.^[b]

¹⁴ So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of ^(A)Tikvah, son of ^(B)Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in ^(C)the Second Quarter), and they talked with her.

⁴ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.