Bible Dictionaries
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isaiah 8:1-3; Compare Zephaniah 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 (Isaiah 8:1,3 ), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​m/maher-shalal-hash-baz.html. 1897.