1 GLT And Yahweh said to me,“Take for yourself a large tablet, and write on it with a chisel,‘Maher- Shalal- Hash- Baz.’ BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
2 GLT And I shall cause faithful witnesses to attest for me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” BSB BSB: And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
3 GLT And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. And Yahweh said to me,“Call his name Maher- Shalal- Hash- Baz. BSB BSB: And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 GLT For before the child knows to cry,‘My father,’ and,‘My mother,’ one will lift away the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria before the face of the king of Assyria.” BSB BSB: For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
5 GLT And Yahweh continued to speak to me again, saying, BSB BSB: And the LORD spoke to me further:
6 GLT “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah— those going gently— and rejoices{ in} Rezin and the son of Remaliah, BSB BSB: “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 GLT so therefore, behold: the Lord is bringing up on them the waters of the river, mighty and many— the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will come up over all its channels and go over all its banks. BSB BSB: the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
9 GLT Raise the war cry, peoples, and be terrified. And give ear, all you distant of the land: gird yourselves for war and be terrified gird yourselves for war and be terrified. BSB BSB: Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 GLT Be advised{ with} advice, but it will be made useless; speak a speech, but it will not stand, for God{ is} with us. BSB BSB: Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
11 GLT For thus Yahweh spoke to me, with a strong hand, and turned me away from walking in the way of this people, saying, BSB BSB: For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
12 GLT Do not call a lie anything that this people calls a lie, and its fear you will not fear, and do not be terrified. BSB BSB: “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
13 GLT You shall sanctify Yahweh of hosts alone, and he{ is} your fear, and he{ is} your terror. BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
14 GLT And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of striking and a rock of stumbling for both the houses of Israel, a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
15 GLT And many will stumble over them and fall and be broken and be ensnared and captured. BSB BSB: Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
16 GLT Bind up the testimony; seal the law for my disciples. BSB BSB: Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
17 GLT And I shall wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I shall hope in him. BSB BSB: I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
18 GLT Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given to me{ are} for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, who lives on Mount Zion. BSB BSB: Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
20 GLT To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say as this thing,{ it is} because they have no dawn, BSB BSB: To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 GLT and will pass through it distressed and hungry. And it will happen when they are hungry, then they will become angry and curse their king and their God and turn upward. BSB BSB: They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
22 GLT And they will look at the earth and behold: trouble and darkness, dimness, distress and gloom is scattered. BSB BSB: Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
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