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href="/bsb/isaiah/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, &#8220Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Moreover the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, &#8220Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet [for public display] and write on it in ordinary characters: <i>Belonging</i> to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, &#8220Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD said, "Isaiah, get something to write on. Then write in big clear letters the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, "Take a large writing tablet, and write on it with a pen: 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz' [The Looting Will Come Quickly; the Prey Will Be Easy].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, "Take a large piece of writing material and write on it in large letters: 'Quick Loot, Fast Plunder.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD also told me, "Take a large tablet and write on it with a stylus pen, 'For Maher-shalal-hash-baz'.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, ?Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD told me, "Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus: 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD said to me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to me, “Take a great tablet to yourself, and write on it with an engraving tool of man, "" To hurry spoil, enjoy prey.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to me, Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a man's graving tool to hasten the spoil, urging on the plunder.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />AND the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take sway the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord said to me: “Take up for yourself a large book, and with a man’s pen write in it: ‘Take away the spoils quickly; plunder swiftly.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me: Take a large tablet, and inscribe on it with an ordinary stylus, “belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, “Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />MOREOVER the LORD said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it plainly, To hasten the captivity, and to record the spoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “Take to yourself a great scroll and write upon it in the writing of a man “To hasten the captivity and to press hard for the loot”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to me, Take to thyself a volume of a great new <i>book</i>, and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/8-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1613" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/8.htm">Assyrian Invasion Prophesied</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qaḥ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">“Take</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">a large</a> <a href="/hebrew/1549.htm" title="1549: gil·lā·yō·wn (N-ms) -- A table, tablet. Or gilyown; from galah; a tablet for writing; by analogy, a mirror.">scroll</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: ū·ḵə·ṯōḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">and write</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ĕ·nō·wōš (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">it with an ordinary</a> <a href="/hebrew/2747.htm" title="2747: bə·ḥe·reṭ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Engraving tool, stylus. From a primitive root meaning to engrave; a chisel or graver; also a style for writing.">stylus:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4122.htm" title="4122: lə·ma·hêr (Prep) -- Speedy (is) prey, symbolic name of Isaiah's son. ">Maher-shalal-hash-baz.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4122.htm" title="4122: šā·lāl Speedy (is) prey, symbolic name of Isaiah's son. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4122.htm" title="4122: ḥāš Speedy (is) prey, symbolic name of Isaiah's son. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4122.htm" title="4122: baz (Prep:: N-proper-ms) -- Speedy (is) prey, symbolic name of Isaiah's son. "></a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8</a></span><br />Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm">Habakkuk 2:2</a></span><br />Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Jeremiah 36:2</a></span><br />“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-16.htm">Ezekiel 37:16</a></span><br />“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/5-1.htm">Zechariah 5:1-2</a></span><br />Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll. / “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-3.htm">Isaiah 7:3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Isaiah 8:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2</a></span><br />the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8</a></span><br />Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-14.htm">Jeremiah 32:14</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/2-9.htm">Ezekiel 2:9-10</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll, / which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-11.htm">Revelation 1:11</a></span><br />saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-4.htm">Revelation 10:4</a></span><br />When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">Revelation 21:5</a></span><br />And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Matthew 1:23</a></span><br />“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moreover the LORD said to me, Take you a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.</p><p class="hdg">take thee</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/36-2.htm">Jeremiah 36:2,28,32</a></b></br> Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day… </p><p class="hdg">write</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8</a></b></br> Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-23.htm">Job 19:23,24</a></b></br> Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm">Habakkuk 2:2,3</a></b></br> And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make <i>it</i> plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it… </p><p class="hdg">a man's pen</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/13-18.htm">Revelation 13:18</a></b></br> Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number <i>is</i> Six hundred threescore <i>and</i> six.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/21-17.htm">Revelation 21:17</a></b></br> And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred <i>and</i> forty <i>and</i> four cubits, <i>according to</i> the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.</p><p class="hdg">Maher-shalal-hash-baz.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Az</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Baz</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-12.htm">Booty</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Characters</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">Common</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm">Graving</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-12.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Hash</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm">Hasteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Large</a> <a href="/esther/9-30.htm">Letters</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Maher</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Mahershalalhashbaz</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Ma'her-Shal'al-Hash-Baz</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-10.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">Ordinary</a> <a href="/psalms/45-1.htm">Pen</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/esther/1-22.htm">Script</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Shalal</a> <a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Speedy</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/job/19-24.htm">Style</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm">Tablet</a> <a href="/songs/4-4.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-10.htm">Write</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Az</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Baz</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-5.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Booty</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">Characters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-28.htm">Common</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Graving</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Hash</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm">Hasteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-18.htm">Large</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-1.htm">Letters</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Maher</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Mahershalalhashbaz</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Ma'her-Shal'al-Hash-Baz</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Ordinary</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm">Pen</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Roll</a> <a href="/ezra/4-7.htm">Script</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-3.htm">Shalal</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Speedy</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Style</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Tablet</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Write</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">In Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, he prophesies Syria and Israel shall be subdued by Assyria</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-5.htm">Judah likewise for their infidelity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">God's judgments shall be irresistible</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm">Comfort shall be to those who fear God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Great afflictions to idolaters</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of the Old Testament, prophets often received direct instructions from God, serving as His mouthpiece to the people of Israel. This divine interaction underscores the seriousness of the prophecy that follows.<p><b>Take a large scroll</b><br>The instruction to use a large scroll suggests the public and significant nature of the message. Scrolls were common writing materials in ancient times, made from papyrus or parchment. The size of the scroll implies that the message was meant to be seen and understood by many, indicating its importance and urgency.<p><b>and write on it with an ordinary stylus</b><br>An ordinary stylus, typically made of metal or bone, was used for inscribing on scrolls. The use of an ordinary stylus suggests that the message was to be recorded in a straightforward, accessible manner, without embellishment. This reflects the clarity and directness with which God wanted His message communicated.<p><b>Maher-shalal-hash-baz</b><br>This name, meaning "Quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil," is prophetic, symbolizing the imminent Assyrian invasion and the swift destruction that would come upon Israel's enemies. The name serves as a sign and a warning to the people of Judah about the impending judgment. It also connects to the broader theme of God's sovereignty and justice throughout Isaiah. The use of symbolic names is a common prophetic tool in the Bible, as seen with other figures like Hosea's children (<a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea 1:4-9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God of Israel, who communicates His will and prophecies through His prophets.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/maher-shalal-hash-baz.htm">Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz</a></b><br>The name given by God for Isaiah's son, meaning "Quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil," symbolizing the impending Assyrian invasion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/scroll.htm">Scroll</a></b><br>A large writing material used by Isaiah to record God's message, signifying the importance and permanence of the prophecy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/ordinary_stylus.htm">Ordinary Stylus</a></b><br>A tool for writing, indicating that the message was to be recorded plainly and clearly for all to understand.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_prophetic_signs.htm">The Importance of Prophetic Signs</a></b><br>God uses tangible signs to communicate His plans and warnings. Understanding these signs helps us recognize God's sovereignty and His control over history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_obedience_in_prophecy.htm">The Role of Obedience in Prophecy</a></b><br>Isaiah's obedience in recording God's message demonstrates the importance of faithfully delivering God's word, regardless of the message's nature or reception.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a></b><br>The use of a large scroll and ordinary stylus signifies the clarity and certainty of God's message. We can trust that God's word will come to pass as He has spoken.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment_and_salvation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment and Salvation</a></b><br>The prophecy concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz serves as a reminder of God's control over nations and His ability to use them as instruments of judgment or deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The swift fulfillment of the prophecy underscores the need for immediate repentance and turning to God when He warns of impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_uriah_and_zechariah_be_verified.htm">Isaiah 8:1–2: How can we verify the existence of these specific witnesses (Uriah and Zechariah) historically or archaeologically? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_maher-shalal-hash-baz_mean.htm">What does Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_names_and_titles_of_god.htm">What are the Names and Titles of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_isaiah_8_3's_naming.htm">Isaiah 8:3: Is there any external evidence or ancient practice confirming this unusual naming of a child for prophetic purposes? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>VIII.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">Moreover the Lord said unto me . . .</span>--The prophecy that follows was clearly separated by an interval of some kind, probably about a year, from that in Isaiah 7. In the meantime much that had happened seemed to cast discredit on the prophet's words. The child that was the type of the greater Immanuel had been born, but there were no signs as yet of the downfall of the northern kingdom. The attack of Rezin and Pekah, though Jerusalem had not been taken, had inflicted an almost irreparable blow on the kingdom of Judah. Multitudes had been carried captive to Damascus (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-5.htm" title="Why the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.">2Chronicles 28:5</a>). Many thousands, but for the intercession of the prophet Oded, would have eaten the bread of exile and slavery. The Edomites were harassing the south-eastern frontier (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/28-15.htm" title="And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.">2Chronicles 28:15-17</a>). The commerce of the Red Sea was cut off by Rezin's capture of Elath (<a href="/2_kings/16-6.htm" title="At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelled there to this day.">2Kings 16:6</a>). To the weak and faithless Ahaz and his counsellors, it might well seem that the prospect was darker than ever, that there was no hope but in the protection of Assyria. If such was the state of things when the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, was he to recant and confess that he had erred? Was he to shrink back into silence and obscurity? Far otherwise than that. He was to repeat all that he had said, more definitely, more demonstratively than ever.<p><span class= "bld">Take thee a great roll . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">a</span> <span class= "ital">large tablet. </span>The noun is the same as that used for "mirrors" or "glasses" in <a href="/isaiah/3-23.htm" title="The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.">Isaiah 3:23</a>. The writings of the prophet were commonly written on papyrus and placed in the hands of his disciples to be read aloud. For private and less permanent messages men used small wooden tablets smeared with wax, on which they wrote with an iron stylus. (Comp. <a href="/job/19-24.htm" title="That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!">Job 19:24</a>; <a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm" title="Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:">Isaiah 30:8</a>.) Here the tablet was to be large, and the writing was not to be with the sharp point of the artist or learned scribe, but with a "man's pen," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>such as the common workmen used for sign-boards, that might fix the gaze of the careless passer-by (<a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm" title="And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run that reads it.">Habakkuk 2:2</a>), and on that tablet, as though it were the heading of a proclamation or dedication, he was to write TO MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. That mysterious name, which we may render "<span class= "ital">Speed-plunder, haste-spoil,</span>" was, for at least nine months, to be the enigma of Jerusalem. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-4.</span> - THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense it appealed to faith in an event far distant. Even in its literal import, it was not calculated to cheer and encourage more than a few, since neither the maiden nor the child was pointed out with any distinctness. A fresh sign was therefore given by God's goodness to reassure the mass of the people - a sign about which there was nothing obscure or difficult. Isaiah himself should have a son born to him almost immediately, to whom he should give a name indicating the rapid approach of the spoiler, and before this child should be able to utter the first words which childhood ordinarily pronounces, "Father," "Mother," Damascus and Samaria should be despoiled. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Take thee a great roll</span>; rather, a <span class="accented">large tablet</span>. The word is the same as that used for "mirror" in <a href="/isaiah/3-23.htm">Isaiah 3:23</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Write in it with a man's pen</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "write upon it with the pen used by ordinary men" - in opposition to the implements of an engraver. The tablet was probably to be hung up to view in a public place (comp. <a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Isaiah 30:8</a>), so that all might read, and the writing was therefore to be such as was in ordinary use. <span class="cmt_word">Concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz</span>. These were the words which were to be written on the tablet, which was to be otherwise left blank. They would naturally excite curiosity, like the strange names placarded in modern streets. The name is literally, "Plunder speeds, spoil hastens." It has been imitated by Goethe in his "Habebald-Eilebeute" ('Faust,' act 4. sc. 3). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/8-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Take</span><br /><span class="heb">קַח־</span> <span class="translit">(qaḥ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a large</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּד֑וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">scroll</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּלָּי֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(gil·lā·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1549.htm">Strong's 1549: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tablet for, writing, a mirror</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and write</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְתֹ֤ב</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·ṯōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it with an ordinary</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱנ֔וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·nō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stylus:</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֶ֣רֶט</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥe·reṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2747.htm">Strong's 2747: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chisel, graver, a style for, writing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּֽז׃</span> <span class="translit">(baz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4122.htm">Strong's 4122: </a> </span><span class="str2">Maher-shalal-hash-baz -- 'swift (is) booty, speedy (is) prey', symbolic name of Isaiah's son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 8:1 Yahweh said to me Take a large (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 7:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 7:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/8-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 8:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 8:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>