2 Nephi
22 verses
The word of the Lord said to me: Take a large scroll and write on it clearly about Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
I took faithful witnesses to record this—Uriah the priest and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
I went to the prophetess, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ”
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me: Call his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
The child will not be old enough to say, “My father” and “my mother, ” before the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria are taken away by the king of Assyria.
For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:
The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:
Because this people rejects the gentle waters of Shiloah and takes joy in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
So now the Lord is bringing against them the powerful and abundant waters of the river—the king of Assyria and all his glory. He will rise over all his channels and overflow all his banks.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.
He will pass through Judah, overflowing and sweeping over it. He will reach up to the neck, and the spread of his wings will cover the entire width of your land, O Immanuel.
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Join together, people, and you will be broken apart; listen, all you from distant countries. Prepare yourselves, but you will be broken apart; prepare yourselves, but you will be broken apart.
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Make your plans together, but they will come to nothing; speak your words, but they will not succeed, because God is with us.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
The Lord spoke to me with a strong hand and instructed me not to follow the ways of these people, saying:
For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
Do not call everything a conspiracy that these people call a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear or be afraid.
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Honor the Lord of Hosts, and let him be your fear and your awe.
Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
He will be a sanctuary, but also a stone that people stumble over and a rock that offends both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare for the people living in Jerusalem.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Many among them will stumble and fall, be broken, be trapped, and be captured.
And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
I and the children the Lord has given me are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who lives in Mount Zion.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in Mount Zion.
When they tell you, “Consult those who have familiar spirits and wizards who whisper and mutter, ” shouldn’t people seek their God? Should the living try to get answers from the dead?
And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter—should not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?
Go to the law and to the testimony; if they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no light in them.
To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
They will pass through the land hard-pressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will become angry and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
They will look to the earth and see trouble, darkness, and distress, and they will be driven into even deeper darkness.
And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, and darkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.