Isaiah 8:12

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¹⁰ 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:

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

¹³ The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.

¹⁴ And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
KJV: Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
WEB: “Don’t call a conspiracy all that this people call a conspiracy. Don’t fear their threats or be terrorized.
ASV: Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread [thereof].
DARBY: Ye shall not say, Conspiracy, of everything of which this people saith, Conspiracy; and fear ye not their fear, and be not in dread.
BLB: “You⁺ shall not say conspiracy to everything that this people says [is] conspiracy; and its fear you⁺ should not fear, and you should not dread.

ÅB: Dere skal ikke kalle alt det sammensvergelse som dette folk kaller sammensvergelse, og hva det frykter, skal dere ikke frykte og ikke reddes for.
OTB: «Kall ikke sammensvergelse alt dette folket kaller sammensvergelse; frykt ikke det de frykter, og vær ikke redd for det.
B1930: I skal ikke kalle alt det sammensvergelse som dette folk kaller sammensvergelse, og hvad det frykter, skal I ikke frykte og ikke reddes for.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Peter 3:14–15
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
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Luke 21:9
When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
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Psalms 53:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
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Isaiah 51:12–13
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
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Luke 12:4–5
I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
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2 Kings 16:5–7
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
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Isaiah 57:9–11
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
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