Isaiah 8:12

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¹⁰ Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

¹¹ For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

¹³ Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

¹⁴ And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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 and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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Luke 21:9
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
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Psalms 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
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Isaiah 51:12–13
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
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Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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Luke 12:4–5
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
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2 Kings 16:5–7
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
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Isaiah 57:9–11
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
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