Isaiah 8:1-2

The Coming Assyrian Invasion

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1} Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment^(a) and write on it with an ordinary pen:^(b)^(A) Maher-shalal-hash-baz.^(c) ^{Tools
2} I have appointed^(d) trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”^(B)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 8:1: Hb obscure

b. Isaiah 8:1: Lit with the pen of a man

c. Isaiah 8:1: Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil

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

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 8:1: Isaiah 30:8; Habakkuk 2:2

B. Isaiah 8:2: 2 Kings 16:10-11; 2 Kings 16:15-16