Isaiah 8:10
8 It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
11 For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
12 “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
- KJV
- Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- WEB
- Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”
- ASV
- Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- DARBY
- Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- BLB
- Take counsel—counsel—and it will be broken; speak a word; it will not stand, for God [is] with us.
- ÅB
- Legg opp råd! De skal dog gjøres til intet. Tal et ord! Det skal dog ikke skje. For med oss er Gud[^3].
- OTB
- Legg en plan, men den vil komme til intet; foreslå en strategi, men den vil ikke lykkes, for Gud er med oss.
- B1930
- Legg op råd! De skal dog gjøres til intet. Tal et ord! Det skal dog ikke skje. For med oss er Gud. / < Immanuel; JES 7, 7. 14; 8, 8.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 3:37
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Read in contextRomans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Read in contextJob 5:12
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Read in contextProverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 46:11
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Read in context2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Read in contextIsaiah 7:5–7
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
Read in contextPsalms 33:10–11
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
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