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10 Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed.
    Give orders, but they won’t be carried out,
        because El is with us!

Some in Jerusalem Will Stumble Because They Do Not Trust the Lord

11 This is what Yahweh said with his powerful hand on me.

He warned me not to follow the ways of these people:
12 “Don’t say that everything these people call a conspiracy
    is a conspiracy.
    Don’t fear what they fear.
    Don’t let it terrify you.”

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10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(A)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(B)
    for God is with us.[a](C)

11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(D) warning me not to follow(E) the way of this people:

12 “Do not call conspiracy(F)
    everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(G)
    and do not dread it.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel