thus says the Lord God:

(A)“‘It shall not stand,
    and it shall not come to pass.

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Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(B)

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10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (A)but it will not stand,
    for God (B)is with us.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

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)

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

37 (A)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
    unless the Lord has commanded it?

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37 Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?(A)

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10 (A)declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
11 (C)calling a bird of prey from the east,
    the man of my counsel from a far country.
(D)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
    I have purposed, and I will do it.

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10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(E) a bird of prey;(F)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(G) that I will do.(H)

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11 (A)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
    the plans of his heart to all generations.

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11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm(A) forever,
    the purposes(B) of his heart through all generations.

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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.

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30 There is no wisdom,(A) no insight, no plan
    that can succeed against the Lord.(B)

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25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,[a] said by the Holy Spirit,

(A)“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
    and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and (B)the rulers were gathered together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed’[b]

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (D)holy servant Jesus, (E)whom you anointed, both (F)Herod and (G)Pontius Pilate, along (H)with the Gentiles and (I)the peoples of Israel, 28 (J)to do whatever your hand and (K)your plan had predestined to take place.

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  1. Acts 4:25 Or child; also verses 27, 30
  2. Acts 4:26 Or Christ

25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:(A)

“‘Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
against the Lord
    and against his anointed one.[a][b](B)

27 Indeed Herod(C) and Pontius Pilate(D) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(E) whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.(F)

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  1. Acts 4:26 That is, Messiah or Christ
  2. Acts 4:26 Psalm 2:1,2

29 (A)Because you have raged against me
    and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth,
and (B)I will turn you back on the way
    by which you came.’

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29 Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence(A) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(B) in your nose(C)
    and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
    by the way you came.(D)

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He who (A)sits in the heavens (B)laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his (C)wrath,
    and terrify them in his fury, saying,
“As for me, I have (D)set my King
    on (E)Zion, my (F)holy hill.”

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The One enthroned(A) in heaven laughs;(B)
    the Lord scoffs at them.
He rebukes them in his anger(C)
    and terrifies them in his wrath,(D) saying,
“I have installed my king(E)
    on Zion,(F) my holy mountain.(G)

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Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
    and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
But he (D)does not so intend,
    and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
    and to cut off nations not a few;
for he says:
(E)“Are not my commanders all kings?
(F)Is not (G)Calno like (H)Carchemish?
    Is not (I)Hamath like (J)Arpad?
    (K)Is not (L)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (M)the kingdoms of the idols,
    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (N)her idols
    (O)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”

12 (P)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (Q)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

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  1. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
  2. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit

I send him against a godless(A) nation,
    I dispatch(B) him against a people who anger me,(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(D)
    and to trample(E) them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,(F)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
‘Are not my commanders(G) all kings?’ he says.
    ‘Has not Kalno(H) fared like Carchemish?(I)
Is not Hamath(J) like Arpad,(K)
    and Samaria(L) like Damascus?(M)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(N)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(O)’”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(P) against Mount Zion(Q) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(R) for the willful pride(S) of his heart and the haughty look(T) in his eyes.

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35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
    and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
    and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
    or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”

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35 All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.(A)
He does as he pleases(B)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back(C) his hand(D)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”(E)

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10 Surely (A)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.

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  1. Psalm 76:10 Or extremity

10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(A)
    and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[a]

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  1. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself