Moreover the LORD said unto me,
Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Book. This mystery would require a large explanation. (Worthington)
Pen. Literally, "style. "(Haydock)
Write intelligibly. Here all is plain. (Calmet)
Take. Protestants, "concerning Mahershalalchashbaz. "Marginal note, "in making speed to the spoil, he hasteneth the prey. "(Haydock)
Chashbaz, the son of Isaias, was a sign that Syria and Israel should soon be rendered desolate; and in a more elevated sense, he showed that Christ should overturn the powers of hell. (Calmet)
The virgin's son took the prey from the devil, who before possessed almost all the world. (Worthington)
Urias. Probably the high priest, who afterwards weakly complied with the king's idolatrous order, 4 Kings xvi. 10. (Calmet)
Yet at this time, he was a credible witness. (Haydock)
Zacharias. A person to us unknown. (Calmet) Ver. 3. Prophetess. The blessed Virgin , (St. Chrysostom) or to his wife. He gives his son a different name from Emmanuel, (chap. vii. 14.) that they might not be confounded.
Hasten. Hebrew Mahershalalchashbaz,
