Isaiah 8:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
9 All you nations, prepare for war.
You will be defeated.
Listen, all you faraway countries!
Prepare for battle.
You will be defeated.
10 Make your plans for the fight.
Your plans will be defeated.
Give orders to your armies,
but your orders will be useless,
because God is with us![a]
Warnings to Isaiah
11 The Lord spoke to me with his great power and warned[b] me not to be like these people. He said,
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- Isaiah 8:10 God is with us In Hebrew this is like the name Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:11 warned Or “prevented.”
Isaiah 8:9-11
New International Version
9 Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
for God is with us.[b](F)
11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(G) warning me not to follow(H) the way of this people:
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
- Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel
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