Isa 8:1-2 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said to me, Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters , Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz .

Isaiah 8:1-2

The Coming Assyrian Invasion

1 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet ^aand write on it in common characters, ^{▼▼Hebrew with a man’s stylus} ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ ^{▼▼ Maher-shalal-hash-baz means The spoil speeds, the prey hastens} 2 And ^dI will get reliable witnesses, ^eUriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”