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Isaiah 8:1-3
EasyEnglish Bible
Isaiah 8:1-3
EasyEnglish Bible
God will use Assyria to destroy Israel and Syria
8 The Lord said to me, ‘Get a large board to write on. Then write clear words on it. Write this name: “Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.”[a] 2 I will call Uriah the priest and Jeberekiah's son, Zechariah, to come to see this. They are honest people who will say what is true.’
3 Then I slept with my wife, the prophetess. She became pregnant and she gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, ‘Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
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- 8:1 ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ means ‘Quickly take all the valuable things’.
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