Holy Scripture
Isaiah 8:3
A church father on this verse
“How was it then, one may say, that His name was not called Emmanuel, but Jesus Christ? Because he said not, "thou shalt call," but "they shall call," that is, the multitude, and the issue of events. For here he puts the event as a name: and this is customary in Scripture, to substitute the events that take place for n…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily.
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In context
1And the Lord said to me, Take to thyself a volume of a great new book, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.
2And make me witnesses of faithful men, Uriah, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
— Isaiah 8:3 —
4For before the child shall know how to call his father or his mother, one shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians.
5And the Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,