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Then write in big clear letters<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v23_8_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.2" class="v23_8_2">2</span>I will tell Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah to serve as witnesses to this.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_8_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.3" class="v23_8_3">3</span>Sometime later, my wife and I had a son, and the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. </span><span class="v23_8_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.4" class="v23_8_4">4</span>Because before he can say ‘Mommy’ or ‘Daddy,’ the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_8_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.5" class="v23_8_5">5</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to me again and said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v23_8_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.6" class="v23_8_6">6</span>These people have refused the gentle waters of Shiloah<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and have gladly gone over to the side of King Rezin and King Pekah. </span><span class="v23_8_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.7" class="v23_8_7">7</span>Now I will send the king of Assyria against them with his powerful army, which will attack like the mighty Euphrates River overflowing its banks. </span><span class="v23_8_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.8" class="v23_8_8">8</span>Enemy soldiers will cover Judah like a flood reaching up to your neck.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_8_8">But God is with us.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_8_8">He will spread his wings</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_8_8">and protect our land.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_8_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.9" class="v23_8_9">9</span>All of you foreign nations,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_8_9">go ahead and prepare for war,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_8_9">but you will be crushed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_8_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.10" class="v23_8_10">10</span>Get together and make plans,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_8_10">but you will fail</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_8_10">because God is with us.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_8_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.11" class="v23_8_11">11</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> took hold of me with his powerful hand and said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v23_8_11">I'm warning you! Don't act like these people. </span><span class="v23_8_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.12" class="v23_8_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Don't call something a rebellious plot, just because they do, and don't be afraid of something, just because they are. </span><span class="v23_8_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.13" class="v23_8_13">13</span>I am the one you should fear and respect. I am the holy God, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful! </span><span class="v23_8_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.14-Isa.8.15" class="v23_8_14">14-15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.14-Isa.8.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Run to me for protection. I am a rock that will make both Judah and Israel stumble and break their bones. I am a trap that will catch the people of Jerusalem—they will be captured and dragged away.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Isaiah and His Followers</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_8_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.16" class="v23_8_16">16</span>My message and my teachings are to be sealed and given to my followers. </span><span class="v23_8_17"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.17" class="v23_8_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Meanwhile, I patiently trust the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel. </span><span class="v23_8_18"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.18" class="v23_8_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.8.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My children and I are warning signs to Israel from the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_8_19"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.19" class="v23_8_19">19</span>Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortunetellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods </span><span class="v23_8_20"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.20" class="v23_8_20">20</span>what it should do.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_8_20">None of those who talk like that will live to see the light of day! </span><span class="v23_8_21"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.21" class="v23_8_21">21</span>They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven </span><span class="v23_8_22"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.8.22" class="v23_8_22">22</span>and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in big clear letters: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “in letters everyone can understand.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz” means “suddenly attacked, quickly taken.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Shiloah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The canal that brought water from Gihon Spring to Jerusalem.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">God is with us: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Here and in verse 10 this translates the Hebrew word “Immanuel” (see 7.14).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">But … land: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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