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  1. Reliable testimony.<\/em> The poster with the message: \u201cMaher-shalal-chash-baz\u201d (\u201chasten pillage, speed looting\u201d) is treated like a legal document, with two witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zecharyahu ben Berachyahu (verse 2). Uriah was apparently the high priest, and Zecharyahu was another notable. In another 208 chapters, and 230 years, we will meet a prophet named Zecharya ben Berachya. Does the similarity in names have any significance? There are different opinions in the literature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. He\u2019s a prophet. And she?<\/em> In verse 3, the wife of the prophet is called: prophetess. But that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that she was also a professional.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Learning curve<\/em>. The schedule of political events is tied to the developmental progress of the children of the prophet. In the last chapter:\u00a0 \u201cBy the time he learns to reject the bad and choose the good,\u201d (age 3?) \u201cpeople will be feeding on curds and honey,\u201d the Aramean threat will disappear. And here, verse 4 – \u201cFor before the boy learns to call \u2018Father\u2019 and \u2018Mother,\u2019\u201d (before the age of 1?) – the event will occur.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Man plans, and\u2026<\/em> The well known Hebrew song Utzu Eytza – \u201cHatch a plot\u2014it shall be foiled; Agree on action\u2014it shall not succeed. For with us is God!\u201d is verse 10 here. Note this isn\u2019t an explicit promise for support for our side. Kingdoms plan, politicians scheme, but the last word is God\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Family portrait<\/em>. In these last two chapters we met the family of the prophet, and his high personal involvement in his mission, to bring \u201csigns and wonders to Israel,\u201d\u00a0 through his sons, Shear Yeshub, Immanuel, and Maher-shelal-chash-baz. 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