I have appointed[a] trustworthy witnesses—the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”(A)

I was then intimate with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz, for before the boy knows how to call ‘Father,’ or ‘Mother,’(B) the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:2 Vg; MT, one DSS ms read I will appoint; one DSS ms, LXX, Syr, Tg read Appoint

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