New English Translation
Isaiah 8:10
10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
Isaiah 8:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- New International Version (NIV)Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.”
Context of Isaiah 8:10
8It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.” 9You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us! 11Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people: 12“Do not say, ‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.
Read all of Isaiah 8Isaiah 8:10 word by word
עֻ֥צוּ עֵצָ֖ה וְתֻפָ֑ר דַּבְּר֤וּ דָבָר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָק֔וּם כִּ֥י עִמָּ֖נוּ אֵֽל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 8:10
- Isaiah 7:5Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise.
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now David had been told, “Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, “Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!”
- 2 Samuel 17:4This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.
- Job 5:12He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
- Psalms 33:10The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.
- Psalms 46:1God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
- Psalms 83:3They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
- Lamentations 3:37Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
- Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.
- Acts 5:38So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,
- Isaiah 7:14For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 9:6For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 41:10Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
- Deuteronomy 20:1When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
Commentaries on Isaiah 8:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Take counsel together - This is an address to the same foreign nations. It refers to the designs which they would form to destroy the Jewish state. Speak the word - That is, give the command - to overturn the nation of the Jews. It shall not stand - It shall not be accomplished. For God is with us - Hebrew For Immanuel.‘ It indicates the confidence of the prophet in view of the promise and the pledge. His reliance was there. Though the enemies were strong…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon crooked courses for our own security. The believing fear of God preserves against the disquieting fear of man. If we thought rightly of the greatness and glory of God, we should see all the power of our enemies restrained. The Lord, who will be a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10God is with us: See Isaiah 7:14 and 8:8.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. the word--of command, for the assault of Jerusalem. God is with us--"Immanuel" implies this (Nu 14:9; Psa 46:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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