Isaiah 8:3

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

Cross-references

Isaiah 8:1 Parallel

Isaiah 8:1 records the command to write the same name Maher-shalal-hash-baz on a scroll, directly preceding the birth here.

Isaiah 8:18 Allusion

Isaiah 8:18 explicitly says Isaiah's children, including this one, are signs from God, linking back to the birth in 8:3.

Isaiah 7:14 Parallel

Isaiah 7:14 gives another sign-birth with a divinely given name (Immanuel), paralleling the symbolic naming in 8:3.

Hosea 1:3-9 mirrors Isaiah: a prophet's wife conceives and God names the child as a symbolic sign.

Jeremiah 20:3 shows God renaming Pashur as a symbolic judgment name, similar to the prophetic naming of Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Luke 1:13 Parallel

Luke 1:13 records an angel telling Zechariah to name his son John, paralleling God's command to Isaiah to name his son.

Luke 1:60 Parallel

Luke 1:60 shows Elizabeth insisting on the divinely given name John, echoing the obedience to divine naming in 8:3.