Isaiah and His Children as Signs

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz means quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil; also in verse 3.

Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

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Assyria Will Invade the Land

Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and (A)write on it with a man’s pen concerning [a]Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:1 Lit. Speed the Spoil, Hasten the Booty

The Lord’s Answer

Then the Lord replied:

“Write(A) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald[a] may run with it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

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The Just Live by Faith

Then the Lord answered me and said:

(A)“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.

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