The Definition of the word Maher-shalal-hash-baz

Maher-shalal-hash-baz

Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters "on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a" "son that was to be born to him (Isa. 8:1, 3), as denoting the" sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.