<p class="poetry">Those who are champions<n id="1" /> at drinking wine are as good as dead,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason all hands hang limp,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">every human heart loses its courage.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> told me, &#8220;Take a large tablet<n id="1" /> and inscribe these words<n id="2" /> on it with an ordinary stylus:<n id="3" /> &#8216;Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.&#8217;<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">So a treaty curse<n id="1" /> devours the earth;p> <p class="poetry">its inhabitants pay for their guilt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and are reduced to just a handful of people.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to me, you who know what is right,p> <p class="poetry">you people who are aware of my law!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be afraid of the insults of men;p> <p class="poetry">don&#8217;t be discouraged because of their abuse!p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, I am the one who consoles you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why are you afraid of mortal men,p> <p class="poetry">of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?<n id="2" />p>

Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, &#8220;What did these men say? Where do they come from?&#8221; Hezekiah replied, &#8220;They come from the distant land of Babylon.&#8221;