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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

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

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More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(A) If God is for us,(B) who can be against us?(C)

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12 He thwarts the plans(A) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.(B)

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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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Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(A) son have plotted(B) your ruin, saying, “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(C)

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

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

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31 Now David had been told, “Ahithophel(A) is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

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10 The Lord foils(A) the plans(B) of the nations;(C)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm(D) forever,
    the purposes(E) of his heart through all generations.

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10 So do not fear,(A) for I am with you;(B)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen(C) you and help(D) you;
    I will uphold you(E) with my righteous right hand.(F)

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The Lord Almighty(A) is with us;(B)
    the God of Jacob(C) is our fortress.(D)

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12 God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you.(A) People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord,(B) the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”(C)

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Going to War

20 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours,(A) do not be afraid(B) of them,(C) because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with(D) you.

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice(A) had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order(B) and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

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No one will be able to stand against you(A) all the days of your life. As I was with(B) Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake(C) you.

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

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Psalm 46[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[b] A song.

God is our refuge(A) and strength,(B)
    an ever-present(C) help(D) in trouble.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:1 In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
  2. Psalm 46:1 Title: Probably a musical term

With cunning they conspire(A) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.(B)
“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(C) them as a nation,(D)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(E) no more.”

With one mind they plot together;(F)
    they form an alliance against you—
the tents of Edom(G) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(H) and the Hagrites,(I)
Byblos,(J) Ammon(K) and Amalek,(L)
    Philistia,(M) with the people of Tyre.(N)
Even Assyria(O) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](P)

Do to them as you did to Midian,(Q)
    as you did to Sisera(R) and Jabin(S) at the river Kishon,(T)
10 who perished at Endor(U)
    and became like dung(V) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(W)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(X)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(Y)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

13 Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff(Z) before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,(AA)
15 so pursue them with your tempest(AB)
    and terrify them with your storm.(AC)
16 Cover their faces with shame,(AD) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;(AE)
    may they perish in disgrace.(AF)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord(AG)
    that you alone are the Most High(AH) over all the earth.(AI)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign:(A) The virgin[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,(C) and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d](D)

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  3. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.

You, dear children,(A) are from God and have overcome them,(B) because the one who is in you(C) is greater than the one who is in the world.(D)

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23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[a](A) (which means “God with us”).

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  1. Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

20 and teaching(A) them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you(B) always, to the very end of the age.”(C)

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38 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail.(A) 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”(B)

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For to us a child is born,(A)
    to us a son is given,(B)
    and the government(C) will be on his shoulders.(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,(E) Mighty God,(F)
    Everlasting(G) Father,(H) Prince of Peace.(I)

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and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(A)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(B) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.

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