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Isaiah 8:1-3
New Living Translation
Isaiah 8:1-3
New Living Translation
The Coming Assyrian Invasion
8 Then the Lord said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[a]” 2 I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.
3 Then I slept with my wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said, “Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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- 8:1 Maher-shalal-hash-baz means “Swift to plunder and quick to carry away.”
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