1The Lord said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;'

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Isaiah 30:8, Isaiah 30:8, Job 19:23, Job 19:24, Habakkuk 2:2

2and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."

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2 Kings 16:10, 2 Kings 16:11, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Kings 16:11, 2 Kings 18:2

3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the Lord to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.'

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Hosea 1:3, Hosea 1:9, Hosea 1:3, Hosea 1:9, 2 Kings 22:14

4For before the child knows how to say, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria."

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Romans 9:11, Romans 9:11, Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 7:9, 2 Kings 15:29

5The Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,

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Isaiah 7:10, Isaiah 7:10

6"Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

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John 9:7, John 9:7, Nehemiah 3:15, Nehemiah 3:15, Jeremiah 2:13

7now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.

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Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 17:13, Amos 9:5

8It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.

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Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 30:28, Isaiah 30:28, Matthew 1:23

9Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

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Isaiah 14:5, Isaiah 14:6, Isaiah 14:5, Isaiah 14:6, 1 Kings 20:11

10Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us."

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Lamentations 3:37, Lamentations 3:37, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:31, Job 5:12

11For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

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Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 3:14, Jeremiah 15:19, Proverbs 1:15, Jeremiah 20:9

12"Do not say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be in dread.

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1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 3:15, Luke 21:9

13The Lord of hosts is who you must regard as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

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Luke 12:5, Luke 12:5, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 26:3

14And he will be a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock that makes them fall to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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1 Peter 2:8, 1 Peter 2:8, Romans 9:32, Romans 9:33, Romans 9:32

15Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured."

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Matthew 21:44, Matthew 21:44, Isaiah 28:13, Luke 20:17, Luke 20:18

16Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples.

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Daniel 12:4, Daniel 12:4, Mark 4:34, Hebrews 3:5, Matthew 13:11

17I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 10:39, Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 10:39, Habakkuk 2:3

18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.

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Hebrews 2:13, Hebrews 2:14, Hebrews 2:13, Hebrews 2:14, Zechariah 8:3

19When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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1 Chronicles 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:13, Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 20:6, 2 Chronicles 33:6

20Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

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2 Peter 1:19, 2 Peter 1:19, 2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:17, Isaiah 30:8

21They will pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,

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Proverbs 19:3, Isaiah 9:20, Proverbs 19:3, Isaiah 9:20, 2 Kings 25:3

22and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

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Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 5:30, Matthew 22:13, Matthew 8:12, Jeremiah 13:16