2 Nephi 18:4

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4 For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

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To cry, my father, and my mother.

Isaiah’s prophecy concerning the pending invasion of Assyria will be fulfilled within two or three years. The time element is set forth in the prophecy that Assyria will capture Damascus, Syria, Samaria, and Israel before Maher-shalal-hash-baz is able to say My father, and my mother. (Young children are able to say simple phrases such as my father or my mother near the age of two.) The prophecy was fulfilled in 734-732 B.C. when Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, captured the Galilee region, the Jezreel Valley, and Transjordan, and plundered their riches.

Riches of Damascus/spoil of Samaria. After conquering Syria and Israel, the Assyrian army seized their personal and public wealth. Tiglath-pileser III recorded in his royal chronicle that Israel “with all its inhabitants and its goods, I led to Assyria.”

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