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1 El Señor volvió a darme un mensaje: Hazte un gran letrero y anuncia en él el nacimiento del hijo que voy a darte. ¡Escríbelo con mayúsculas! Su nombre será Maher Salal Jasbaz (que significa pronto serán destruidos sus enemigos).
1 Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;
2 Les pedí a Urías, el sacerdote y a Zacarías, hijo de Jeberequías, ambos de notoria honradez, que me vigilaran mientras yo escribía para que dieran testimonio que yo lo había escrito (antes de que el niño fuera siquiera concebido).
2 and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
3 Entonces tuve relaciones sexuales con mi esposa y ella concibió y me dio un hijo, y el Señor dijo: «Ponle por nombre Maher Salal Jasbaz.
3 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
4 Ese nombre profetiza que dentro de un par de años, antes que ese niño tenga edad para decir papá o mamá, el rey de Asiria invadirá a Damasco y a Samaria, y se llevará todas sus riquezas».
4 For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”
5 Luego el Señor volvió a hablarme y dijo:
5 Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,
6 «Puesto que el pueblo de Jerusalén piensa rechazar mi tierna solicitud y sus habitantes están ansiosos de pedirles a los reyes Rezín y Pecaj que acudan en su auxilio,
6 “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
7 yo abrumaré a mi pueblo con la impetuosa corriente del Éufrates; el rey de Asiria con todos sus poderosos ejércitos se abalanzará contra ellos. ¡Esta inundación llenará todos sus canales y barrerá toda la tierra de Judá, oh Emanuel, llenándola de cabo a cabo».
7 now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
8 Not in this translation
8 It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, O Immanuel.
9 Por mucho que hagan Siria e Israel, enemigos nuestros, no triunfarán; serán despedazados. Escúchenme ustedes, todos nuestros enemigos: Alístense para hacernos la guerra, y perecerán. ¡Sí, perecerán! Reúnan sus consejos de guerra, desarrollen su estrategia, preparen planes de ataque contra nosotros, ¡y perezcan! porque Dios está con nosotros.
9 Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
10 Not in this translation
10 Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”
11 El Señor Dios lo ha declarado del modo más firme: Bajo ninguna circunstancia sigan a Judá en sus planes de rendirse a Siria e Israel.
11 For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
12 Que nadie los llame traidores por su lealtad al Dios verdadero. No se llenen de pánico como tantos de sus vecinos cuando piensan en el ataque de Siria e Israel contra ustedes.
12 “Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.
13 ¡No teman nada sino al Señor Todopoderoso! Si a él le temen, no tienen por qué temerle a nada más.
13 Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
14 Él será su seguridad. Pero Israel y Judá han rechazado su protección y por tanto tropezaron contra la Roca de su salvación y yacen aplastados por ella. ¡La presencia de Dios entre ellos los ha puesto en peligro!
14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
15 Not in this translation
15 Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”
16 Escribe todo lo que voy a hacer, dice el Señor, y séllalo para el futuro. Encárgalo a algún hombre justo para que lo haga llegar a los justos de las generaciones futuras.
16 Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples.
17 Aunque el Señor esté ahora oculto, voy a esperar a que nos ayude. En él reposa mi única esperanza.
17 I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18 Yo y los hijos que Dios me ha dado tenemos nombres simbólicos que revelan los planes del Señor Todopoderoso para su pueblo: Isaías significa «El Señor salvará (a su pueblo)»; Sear Yasub significa «Un remanente volverá»; y Maher Salal Jasbaz significa «Tus enemigos serán pronto aniquilados».
18 Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.
19 ¿Por qué, pues, procuran averiguar el futuro consultando a brujas y médium? No escuchen sus bisbiseos y murmullos. ¿Podrán los vivos obtener de los muertos la revelación del futuro? ¿Por qué no se lo preguntan a su Dios?
19 When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20 ¡Contrasta las palabras de estas brujas con la palabra de Dios!, dice él. Si sus mensajes difieren de los míos, es que no proceden de mí, porque no hay en ellas luz de verdad.
20 Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
21 Mi pueblo será llevado cautivo, claudicante, fatigado y hambriento. Y llevados del hambre, en su desvarío sacudirán el puño contra el cielo y maldecirán a su rey y a su Dios.
21 They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,
22 Adondequiera que vuelvan la mirada hallarán tribulación, angustia y negra desesperación. Y serán lanzados a las tinieblas.
22 then look to the earth and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jeberekiah
Named only as the father of the Zechariah who witnessed Isaiah's scroll.
Cited in the guide: Isaiah 8:2
Maher-shalal-hash-baz
The son born to Isaiah and the prophetess, whom the LORD told him to name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Cited in the guide: Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:3
Zechariah
Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, appointed by the LORD as a trustworthy witness together with Uriah the priest.
Cited in the guide: Isaiah 8:2
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 30:8; Isaiah 8:3; Job 19:23–24; Habakkuk 2:2–3; Revelation 21:17
- 2 2 Kings 16:10–11; 2 Kings 16:15–16; 2 Kings 18:2; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Ruth 4:10–11
- 3 Hosea 1:3–9; 2 Kings 22:14; Isaiah 7:13–14; Judges 4:4
- 4 Romans 9:11; 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 16:9; Isaiah 10:6–14; 2 Kings 17:5–6
- 5 Isaiah 7:10
- 6 John 9:7; Nehemiah 3:15; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:18; Judges 9:16–20
- 7 Isaiah 17:12–13; Isaiah 7:20; Genesis 6:17; Amos 9:5; Amos 8:8
- 9 Isaiah 14:5–6; Proverbs 11:21; Psalm 37:14–15; 1 Kings 20:11; Joel 3:9–14
- 11 Ezekiel 3:14; Proverbs 1:15; Jeremiah 15:19; Jeremiah 20:7; Jeremiah 20:9
- 12 1 Peter 3:14–15; Luke 21:9; Psalm 53:5; Isaiah 51:12–13; Isaiah 30:1
- 13 Luke 12:5; Isaiah 26:3–4; Revelation 15:4; Matthew 10:28; Psalm 76:7
- 14 1 Peter 2:8; Romans 9:32–33; Isaiah 28:16; Luke 2:34; Ezekiel 11:16
- 16 Daniel 12:4; Hebrews 3:5; Revelation 19:10; Mark 4:10–11; 1 Corinthians 2:14
- 17 Hebrews 10:36–39; Habakkuk 2:3; Lamentations 3:25–26; Isaiah 25:9; Psalm 33:20
- 18 Hebrews 2:13–14; Luke 2:34; Zechariah 8:3; Isaiah 53:10; Psalm 71:7
- 19 1 Chronicles 10:13; Leviticus 20:6; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Psalm 106:28; Leviticus 19:31
- 20 2 Peter 1:19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Acts 17:11; Psalm 119:130; John 5:39
- 21 Proverbs 19:3; Isaiah 9:20; Jeremiah 14:18; 2 Kings 25:3; Jeremiah 52:6
- 22 Isaiah 5:30; Matthew 8:12; Matthew 22:13; Jeremiah 13:16; Proverbs 14:32
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, Father or mother, He shall receive the power of Damascus, and the spoils of Samaria, against the king of the Assyrians;" declaring, in a mysterious manner indeed, but emphatically, that the Lord did fight with a hidden hand against Amalek.
How is it then that the prophet said, "Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz?" Because, when he was born, there was a taking and dividing of spoils, therefore the event that took place in his time is put as his name.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… beside the waters of comfort, He hath converted my soul:--that Angels also may share your joy, and Christ Himself the great High Priest, having accepted your resolve, may present you all to the Father, saying, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given Me.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
It is very shameful, and not only shameful, but very foolish, to take from things below a guess at things above, and from a fluctuating nature at the things that are unchanging, and as Isaiah says, to seek the Living among the dead. But yet I will try, for your sake, to give you some assistance for your argument, even …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Again, there are those who say, "He is a man, and who shall know him?" and, "I came unto the prophetess, and she bare a son, and His name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God;" and those [of them] who proclaimed Him as Immanuel, [born] of the Virgin, exhibited the union of the Word of God with His own …