New International Version
Isaiah 8:10
10Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, 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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us!”
Context of Isaiah 8:10
8and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!” 9Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us. 11This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people: 12“Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it.
Read all of Isaiah 8Isaiah 8:10 word by word
עֻ֥צוּ עֵצָ֖ה וְתֻפָ֑ר דַּבְּר֤וּ דָבָר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָק֔וּם כִּ֥י עִמָּ֖נוּ אֵֽל׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 8:10
- Isaiah 7:5Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying,
- 2 Samuel 15:31Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
- 2 Samuel 17:4This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.
- Job 5:12He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 33:10The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
- Psalms 83:3With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
- Lamentations 3:37Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
- Nahum 1:9Whatever they plot against the Lord he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time.
- Acts 5:38Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail.
- Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 9:6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 41:10So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Deuteronomy 20:1When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be 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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