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Band together, O peoples, but be shattered!
    Give ear, all you distant lands!
    Arm yourselves, but be shattered! Arm yourselves, but be shattered!
10 Form a plan, it shall be thwarted;
    make a resolve, it shall not be carried out,
    for “With us is God!”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:10 The plan of Israel’s enemies will be thwarted because, as the name “Emmanuel” signifies, “with us is God.”

Be broken, you peoples, and be dismayed;
    give ear, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed;
    gird yourselves and be dismayed.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nought;
    speak a word, but it will not stand,
    for God is with us.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 8:10 Heb immanu el

Gather together in fear, you nations! Listen, you distant parts of the earth. Get ready to fight, but be afraid! Yes, get ready, but be afraid! 10 Make your plans! But they will never succeed. Talk all you want to! But it is all useless, because God is with us.

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A Believing Remnant

(A)Be broken, you peoples, and be [a](B)shattered;
And listen, all remote places of the earth.
[b]Get ready, yet be [c]shattered;
[d]Get ready, yet be [e]shattered.
10 (C)Devise a plan, but it will fail;
State a [f]proposal, but (D)it will not stand,
For [g](E)God is with us.”

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  3. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  4. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  5. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  6. Isaiah 8:10 Lit word
  7. Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanu-el

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)

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Footnotes

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