OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 8:3

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I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’

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Verse 3. Prophetess. The blessed Virgin, (Saint John Chrysostom and so forth) or to his wife. He gives his son a different name from Emmanuel, (chapter 7:14) that they might not be confounded.—Hasten. Hebrew Mahershalalchashbaz. verse 1. Bible.

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