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Be broken, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces.
    And give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
    gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 Take counsel together, but it shall come to nothing;
    speak the word, but it shall not stand
    for God is with us.

Fear God

11 For the Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

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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:

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel