5 The form in the text is a cohortative with prefixed vav (ו), suggesting that the Lord is announcing what he will do. Some prefer to change the verb to an imperative, “and summon as witnesses,” a reading that finds support from the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa. Another option is to point the prefixed conjunction as a vav consecutive and translate, “So I summoned as witnesses.” In this case Isaiah is recalling his response to the Lord’s commission. In any case, the reference to witnesses suggests that the name and the child who bears it will function as signs.

In other versions

And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”

So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me.

I have appointed trustworthy witnesses—the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.”

I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.

And I will require reliable witnesses as a witness for me: Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

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

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