Verse 3

Isaiah 8:3

Geneva Bible

3 After, I came vnto the Prophetesse, which conceiued, and bare a sonne. Then sayd the Lord to me, Call his name, Mahershalalhash-baz.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֶקְרַב֙ אֶל הַ/נְּבִיאָ֔ה וַ/תַּ֖הַר וַ/תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔/י קְרָ֣א שְׁמ֔/וֹ מַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז
English Translation
And I approached the prophet, and she conceived and bore a son, and the Lord said to me, "Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz."
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Chapter 8 Context
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2 Then I tooke vnto me faithfull witnesses to recorde, Vriah the Priest, and Zechariah the sonne of Ie... Focus ↗
3 After, I came vnto the Prophetesse, which conceiued, and bare a sonne. Then sayd the Lord to me, Cal...
4 For before the childe shall haue knowledge to crye, My father, and my mother, he shall take away the... Focus ↗
5 And the Lord spake yet againe vnto me, saying, Focus ↗
6 Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that runne softly, and reioyce with Rezin, an... Focus ↗
7 Nowe therefore, beholde, the Lord bringeth vp vpon them the waters of the Riuer mightie and great, e... Focus ↗
8 And shall breake into Iudah, and shall ouerflowe and passe through, and shall come vp to the necke,... Focus ↗
9 Gather together on heapes, O ye people, and ye shalbe broken in pieces, and hearken all ye of farre... Focus ↗
10 Take counsell together, yet it shall be brought to nought: pronounce a decree, yet shall it not stan... Focus ↗
11 For the Lord spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the... Focus ↗
12 Say ye not, A confederacie to all them, to whome this people sayth a confederacie, neither feare you... Focus ↗
13 Sanctifie the Lord of hostes, and let him be your feare, and let him be your dread, Focus ↗
14 And he shalbe as a Sanctuarie: but as a stumbling stone, and as a rocke to fall vpon, to both the ho... Focus ↗
15 And many among them shall stumble, and shall fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe tak... Focus ↗
16 Binde vp the testimonie: seale vp the Law among my disciples. Focus ↗
17 Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob, and I wil look... Focus ↗
18 Beholde, I and the children whome the Lord hath giuen me, are as signes and as wonders in Israel, by... Focus ↗
19 And when they shall say vnto you, Enquire at them that haue a spirit of diuination, and at the sooth... Focus ↗
20 To the Law, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: it is because there i... Focus ↗
21 Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and from in it: and when he shalbe hungry, he sh... Focus ↗
22 And when he shall looke to the earth, beholde trouble, and darkenes, vexation and anguish, and he is... Focus ↗