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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Footnotes

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

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

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God's Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?

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  1. Romans 8:31 Or who is

12 He (A)frustrates the devices of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.

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

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Because Syria, with Ephraim and (A)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it[a] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” thus says the Lord God:

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

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  1. Isaiah 7:6 Hebrew let us split it open

11 (A)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please (A)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

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10 The Lord (A)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
    he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 (B)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
    the plans of his heart to all generations.

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10 fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with (A)my righteous right hand.

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(A)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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12 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests (A)with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, (B)do not fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”

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Laws Concerning Warfare

20 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see (A)horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is (B)with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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(A)No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just (B)as I was with Moses, so (C)I will be with you. (D)I will not leave you or forsake you.

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God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of (A)the Sons of Korah. According to (B)Alamoth.[a] A Song.

46 God is our (C)refuge and strength,
    a very (D)present[b] help in (E)trouble.

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  1. Psalm 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 46:1 Or well proved

13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you (A)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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They lay (A)crafty plans against your people;
    they consult together against your (B)treasured ones.
They say, “Come, (C)let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
For they conspire with one accord;
    against you they make a covenant—
the tents of (D)Edom and (E)the Ishmaelites,
    (F)Moab and (G)the Hagrites,
(H)Gebal and (I)Ammon and (J)Amalek,
    (K)Philistia with the inhabitants of (L)Tyre;
(M)Asshur also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of (N)the children of Lot. Selah

Do to them as you did to (O)Midian,
    as to (P)Sisera and Jabin at (Q)the river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at (R)En-dor,
    who became (S)dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (T)Oreb and Zeeb,
    all their princes like (U)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, (V)“Let us take possession for ourselves
    of the pastures of God.”

13 O my God, make them like (W)whirling dust,[a]
    like (X)chaff before the wind.
14 As (Y)fire consumes the forest,
    as the flame (Z)sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them (AA)with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 (AB)Fill their faces with shame,
    that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be (AC)put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,
18 that they may (AD)know that you alone,
    (AE)whose name is the Lord,
    are (AF)the Most High over all the earth.

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  1. Psalm 83:13 Or like a tumbleweed

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for (A)he who is in you is greater than (B)he who is in the world.

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14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

20 teaching them (A)to observe all that (B)I have commanded you. And behold, (C)I am with you always, to (D)the end of the age.”

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38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for (A)if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; 39 but (B)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You (C)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice,

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23 (A)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (B)Immanuel”

(which means, God (C)with us).

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And (A)the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, (B)I will put my name forever, and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land (C)that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses.”

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What (A)do you plot against the Lord?
    (B)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (C)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    (D)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
    (E)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
    (F)they will be cut down and pass away.
(G)Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.

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