Isaiah 7:17-8:4.
Isaiah 7.17-8.4
But the Lord will make more trouble for your people and your kingdom
than any of you have known since Israel broke away from Judah. He will
even bring the king of Assyria to attack you.
The Threat of an Invasion
When that time comes, the Lord will whistle, and armies will come from
Egypt like flies and from Assyria like bees. They will settle
everywhere-in the deep valleys and between the rocks, on every bush
and all over the pastureland. The Lord will pay the king of Assyria to
bring a razor from across the Euphrates River and shave your head and
every hair on your body, including your beard. No one will have more
than one young cow and two sheep, but those who do will have enough
milk to make yogurt. In fact, everyone left in the land will eat
yogurt and honey. Vineyards that had a thousand vines and were worth a
thousand pieces of silver will turn into thorn patches. You will go
there to hunt with your bow and arrows, because the whole country will
be covered with thornbushes. The hills where you once planted crops
will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. You will be afraid to go
there, and your cattle, sheep, and goats will be turned loose on those
hills.
A Warning and a Hope
The Lord said, "Isaiah, get something to write on. Then write in big
clear letters the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. I will have Uriah the
priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah serve as witnesses to this."
Sometime later, my wife and I had a son, and the Lord said, "Name him
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. Because before he can say 'Mommy' or 'Daddy',
the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from
Damascus and Samaria."
God bless you.
But the Lord will make more trouble for your people and your kingdom
than any of you have known since Israel broke away from Judah. He will
even bring the king of Assyria to attack you.
The Threat of an Invasion
When that time comes, the Lord will whistle, and armies will come from
Egypt like flies and from Assyria like bees. They will settle
everywhere-in the deep valleys and between the rocks, on every bush
and all over the pastureland. The Lord will pay the king of Assyria to
bring a razor from across the Euphrates River and shave your head and
every hair on your body, including your beard. No one will have more
than one young cow and two sheep, but those who do will have enough
milk to make yogurt. In fact, everyone left in the land will eat
yogurt and honey. Vineyards that had a thousand vines and were worth a
thousand pieces of silver will turn into thorn patches. You will go
there to hunt with your bow and arrows, because the whole country will
be covered with thornbushes. The hills where you once planted crops
will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. You will be afraid to go
there, and your cattle, sheep, and goats will be turned loose on those
hills.
A Warning and a Hope
The Lord said, "Isaiah, get something to write on. Then write in big
clear letters the name, MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. I will have Uriah the
priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah serve as witnesses to this."
Sometime later, my wife and I had a son, and the Lord said, "Name him
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. Because before he can say 'Mommy' or 'Daddy',
the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from
Damascus and Samaria."
God bless you.
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