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I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said Yahweh to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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A Living Prophecy
Commentators universally agree that the son's name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, is a direct prophecy. It translates to "Hurry to the spoil, hasten to the plunder." This name served as a living, public sign that God's promised judgment against Damascus and Samaria by the Assyrian army was imminent and certain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then said the Lord ... - The name thus given was to be emblematic of a particular event - that Assyria would soon take away the spo…
19th Century
Anglican
I ... the prophetess ... —The word may have been given by courtesy to a prophet’s wife as such. Elsewhere, however, as in the case…
16th Century
Protestant
And I approached to the prophetess. What follows happened to the Prophet, I have no doubt, by a vision, for the purpose of sealing the for…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I went unto the prophetess His wife, so called; not because she prophesied, but because she was the wife of a prophet…
The prophet is to write on a large roll, or on a metal tablet, words which meant Make speed to spoil, hasten to the prey: pointing out tha…
13th Century
Catholic
1. And the Lord said to me: take for yourself a great book. Here he foretells the destruction of the ten tribes, insofar as it pert…
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