8Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment^A and write on it with an ordinary pen:^B^a Maher-shalal-hash-baz.^C ²I have appointed^D trustworthy witnesses—the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”^b

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Footnotes

A obscure
B with the pen of a man
C Speeding to the Plunder, Hurrying to the Spoil
D; , one read I will appoint; one , , , read Appoint

Cross references

a Is 30:8; Hab 2:2
b 2Kg 16:10–11,15–16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz.’ And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.” So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.” I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Yahweh said to me, “Take yourself a large tablet and write on it with a common stylus pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. And I will require reliable witnesses as a witness for me: Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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