1 The prophet speaks now in the first person, as throughout the chapter. Isaiah himself is becoming a part of the process of signs that God is giving his people (v. 18). No longer is the encounter on a formal level between a king and a prophet. It is now on a personal level as Isaiah comes face to face with the hardness of his people. Even if he wished to do so, he cannot remain aloof.

Take for yourself a large tablet. Evidently God's intent here is that anyone should be able to read the oracle (cf. Hab. 2:2, "Make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it"). A gillāyôn is not a scroll or a stone tablet (lûaḥ) , but a flat piece of wood (Ezek. 37:16) or metal (Isa. 3:23), and thus appropriate for posting as a sort of placard.