July 24 - Morning
"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.
Then I made love to the prophetess, and
she conceived and gave birth to a son.
And the Lord said to me,
'Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. For before the boy knows how to say "My father" or "My mother," the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.'
The Lord spoke to me again:
'Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—
the king of Assyria with all his pomp.
It will overflow all its channels,
run over all its banks and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and
reaching up to the neck!
Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel! ' "
- Isaiah 8:1-8 |
