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The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said to me: Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz, <span id="v29008004" class="ver">4</span>for before the child learns to say, “My father, my mother,” the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Choice: The Lord or Assyria.</span> <span id="v29008005" class="ver">5</span>Again the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> spoke to me:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29008006" class="ver">6</span>Because this people<a id="rfn29008006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008006-1">*</a> has rejected</p> <p class="sl1">the waters of Shiloah that flow gently,</p> <p class="sl">And melts with fear at the display of Rezin and Remaliah’s son,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008007" class="ver">7</span>Therefore the Lord is bringing up against them</p> <p class="sl1">the waters of the River, great and mighty,</p> <p class="sl1">the king of Assyria and all his glory.</p> <p class="sl">It shall rise above all its channels,</p> <p class="sl1">and overflow all its banks.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008008" class="ver">8</span>It shall roll on into Judah,</p> <p class="sl1">it shall rage and pass on—</p> <p class="sl1">up to the neck it shall reach.<a id="ren29008008-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008008-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl">But his outspread wings will fill</p> <p class="sl1">the width of your land, Emmanuel!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008009" class="ver">9</span>Band together, O peoples, but be shattered!</p> <p class="sl1">Give ear, all you distant lands!</p> <p class="sl1">Arm yourselves, but be shattered! Arm yourselves, but be shattered!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008010" class="ver">10</span>Form a plan, it shall be thwarted;</p> <p class="sl1">make a resolve, it shall not be carried out,</p> <p class="sl1">for “With us is God!”<a id="rfn29008010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008010-1">*</a> <a id="ren29008010-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008010-c">c</a></p> </div> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Disciples of Isaiah.</span> <span id="v29008011" class="ver">11</span>For thus said the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—his hand strong upon me—warning me not to walk in the way of this people:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29008012" class="ver">12</span><a id="rfn29008012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008012-1">*</a> Do not call conspiracy what this people calls conspiracy,</p> <p class="sl1">nor fear what they fear, nor feel dread.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008013" class="ver">13</span>But conspire with the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts;</p> <p class="sl1">he shall be your fear, he shall be your dread.<a id="ren29008013-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008013-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008014" class="ver">14</span>He shall be a snare,</p> <p class="sl1">a stone for injury,</p> <p class="sl">A rock for stumbling</p> <p class="sl1">to both the houses of Israel,</p> <p class="sl">A trap and a snare</p> <p class="sl1">to those who dwell in Jerusalem;<a id="ren29008014-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008014-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29008015" class="ver">15</span>And many among them shall stumble;</p> <p class="sl1">fallen and broken;</p> <p class="sl1l">snared and captured.<a id="ren29008015-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008015-f">f</a></p> </div> <p><span id="v29008016" class="ver">16</span>Bind up my testimony, seal the instruction with my disciples.<a id="rfn29008016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008016-1">*</a> <span id="v29008017" class="ver">17</span>I will trust in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him. <span id="v29008018" class="ver">18</span>Here am I and the children whom the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has given me: we are signs<a id="rfn29008018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008018-1">*</a> and portents in Israel from the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.<a id="ren29008018-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008018-g">g</a></p> <p><span id="v29008019" class="ver">19</span>And when they say to you, “Inquire of ghosts and soothsayers who chirp and mutter;<a id="rfn29008019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008019-1">*</a> <a id="ren29008019-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29008019-h">h</a> should not a people inquire of their gods, consulting the dead on behalf of the living, <span id="v29008020" class="ver">20</span>for instruction and testimony?” Surely, those who speak like this are the ones for whom there is no dawn.<a id="rfn29008020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008020-1">*</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29008021" class="ver">21</span>He will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry,</p> <p class="sl1">and when hungry, shall become enraged,</p> <p class="sl1">and curse king and gods.</p> <p class="sl">He will look upward,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29008022" class="ver">22</span>and will gaze at the earth,</p> <p class="sl">But will see only distress and darkness,</p> <p class="sl1">oppressive gloom,</p> <p class="sl1">murky, without light.<a id="rfn29008022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008022-1">*</a></p> </div> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Promise of Salvation Under a New Davidic King.<a id="rfn29008023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008023-1">*</a></span> <span id="v29008023" class="ver">23</span>There is no gloom where there had been distress. Where once he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, now he has glorified the way of the Sea, the land across the Jordan, Galilee of the Nations.<a id="rfn29008023-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29008023-2">*</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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