Isaiah 8:9-13

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!

10Devise 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.

13You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.