1Yo, the Lord was like, "Grab a big scroll and write down some tea about Maher–shalal–hash–baz."

2So I got some real ones to back me up, Uriah the priest and Zechariah, Jeberechiah's kid.

3I rolled up to the prophetess, and she got pregnant and had a son. God was like, "Name him Maher–shalal–hash–baz."

4Before this kid can even say "Mom" or "Dad," the riches of Damascus and the loot from Samaria are gonna be snatched up by the Assyrian king.

5The Lord hit me up again, saying,

6These peeps are sleeping on the chill waters of Shiloah and are vibing with Rezin and Remaliah's son;

7So for real, the Lord’s bringing in the river waters, mad strong and plentiful, like the Assyrian king and all his hype: he’s gonna flood everything.

8He’s gonna roll through Judah, overflow, and even reach the neck; his wings gonna cover your whole land, Immanuel.

9Get together, fam, or you’re gonna get wrecked; listen up, all you faraway peeps: gear up, or you’ll be broken too, no cap.

10Plan all you want, but it’s gonna flop; speak your piece, but it won’t stick, 'cause God’s got our back.

11The Lord straight-up told me with power, like, "Don’t follow the crowd, fam," saying,

12"Don’t call it a squad when they say it’s a squad; don’t fear what they fear or be shook."

13Keep it real with the Lord of hosts; let Him be your vibe and your fear.

14He’s gonna be your safe space, but a total stumbling block for both houses of Israel, a trap for the people in Jerusalem.

15A lot of them are gonna trip, fall, get broken, caught up, and taken.

16Lock down the testimony, seal the law with my crew.

17I’m waiting on the Lord, who’s hiding from Jacob’s house, and I’m looking for Him.

18Check it, me and the kids God gave me are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who’s chilling at Mount Zion.

19When they say, "Go check out those with familiar spirits and wizards who whisper and mumble," like, shouldn’t people just seek their God? For the living to the dead?

20Stick to the law and the testimony: if they’re not vibing with this word, it’s 'cause there’s no light in them.

21They’re gonna struggle through it, barely hanging on and hungry; and when they’re starving, they’ll freak out, cursing their king and God, looking up.

22They’ll check out the earth and see trouble and darkness, deep anguish; they’ll be pushed into darkness.

1Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

5The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,

6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

9Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

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

12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

13Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.