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Isaiah’s family

Amoz is Isaiah’s father. Isaiah’s sons have names that carry messages within the prophecy.

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  • Amoz Amoz is the father of Isaiah.
    Source: Isaiah 1:1
    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
    Read Isaiah 1:1
  • Shear-jashub Isaiah is the father of Shear-jashub.
    Source: Isaiah 7:3
    Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
    Read Isaiah 7:3
  • Maher-shalal-hash-baz Isaiah is the father of Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
    Source: Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:3
    Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
    Read Isaiah 7:3
    Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
    Read Isaiah 8:1
    And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
    Read Isaiah 8:3

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  • Amoz is the father of Isaiah.
    Source: Isaiah 1:1
    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
    Read Isaiah 1:1
  • Isaiah is the father of Shear-jashub.
    Source: Isaiah 7:3
    Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
    Read Isaiah 7:3
  • Isaiah is the father of Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
    Source: Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:3
    Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
    Read Isaiah 7:3
    Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
    Read Isaiah 8:1
    And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
    Read Isaiah 8:3

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.