Isaiah’s Son a Sign of the Assyrian Invasion Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, ‘Belonging to Ma′her-shal′al-hash′baz.’”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And the Lord said to me, Take to thyself a volume of a great new book, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.
for before the child knows how to cry ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samar′ia will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.
therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:
and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck; and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Imman′u-el.”
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
and he shall take away from Juda every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and every one able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, O God with us.
Be broken, you peoples, and be dismayed; give ear, all you far countries; gird yourselves and be dismayed; gird yourselves and be dismayed.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.
Take counsel together, but it will come to nought; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.
And he will become a sanctuary, and a stone of offense, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be for signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion.
And when they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their God, and turn their faces upward;
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers’ ordinances:
Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉ̀ⲥⲟⲙⲥ ⲉ̀ⲡϣⲱⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧⲫⲉ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲕⲁϩⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ. ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲭⲁⲕⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲉⲥϩⲟϫϩⲱϫ. ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲭⲁⲕⲓ ϩⲱⲥⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲩϣⲧⲉⲙⲛⲁⲩ ⲙ̀ⲃⲟⲗ. ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥϭⲣⲟϩ ⲛ̀ϫⲉ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲟϫϩⲉϫ ϣⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ. and they shall look up to heaven above,
English (Standard • WEB)
and they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.