| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ | 1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. |
| 2And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.” | 2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” |
| 3And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz; | 3And 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. |
| 4for before the boy knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.” | 4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” |
| 5The LORD spoke to me again: | 5And the LORD spoke to me further: |
| 6“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, | 6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah, |
| 7therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks, | 7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. |
| 8and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.” | 8It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! |
| 9Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered. | 9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! |
| 10Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us. | 10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.” |
| 11For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: | 11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people: |
| 12“Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. | 12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread. |
| 13But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. | 13The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded. |
| 14And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. | 14And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare. |
| 15And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.” | 15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.” |
| 16Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples. | 16Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples. |
| 17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. | 17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him. |
| 18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. | 18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. |
| 19And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living? | 19When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? |
| 20To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. | 20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. |
| 21They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. | 21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. |
| 22And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. | 22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness. |
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